web02.fireside.fm Sat, 02 May 2026 00:36:20 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) BSD Now - Episodes Tagged with “Retrocomputing” https://www.bsdnow.tv/tags/retrocomputing Thu, 03 Mar 2022 03:00:00 -0500 Created by three guys who love BSD, we cover the latest news and have an extensive series of tutorials, as well as interviews with various people from all areas of the BSD community. It also serves as a platform for support and questions. We love and advocate FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD and TrueOS. Our show aims to be helpful and informative for new users that want to learn about them, but still be entertaining for the people who are already pros. The show airs on Wednesdays at 2:00PM (US Eastern time) and the edited version is usually up the following day. en-us episodic A weekly podcast and the place to B...SD JT Pennington Created by three guys who love BSD, we cover the latest news and have an extensive series of tutorials, as well as interviews with various people from all areas of the BSD community. It also serves as a platform for support and questions. We love and advocate FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD and TrueOS. Our show aims to be helpful and informative for new users that want to learn about them, but still be entertaining for the people who are already pros. The show airs on Wednesdays at 2:00PM (US Eastern time) and the edited version is usually up the following day. no berkeley,freebsd,openbsd,netbsd,dragonflybsd,trueos,trident,hardenedbsd,tutorial,howto,guide,bsd,interview JT Pennington feedback@bsdnow.tv 444: Historic Developments https://www.bsdnow.tv/444 859e26d8-a3d7-4df6-8ea2-eb22ab8babb5 Thu, 03 Mar 2022 03:00:00 -0500 JT Pennington full JT Pennington The History of Berkeley DB, modern inetd in FreeBSD, the Unix argv[0] issue, retrocomputing can be more than games, read section 8 of the Unix users manual, and more. 53:36 no <p>The History of Berkeley DB, modern inetd in FreeBSD, the Unix argv[0] issue, retrocomputing can be more than games, read section 8 of the Unix users manual, and more.</p> <p><strong><em>NOTES</em></strong><br> This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by <a href="https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tarsnap</a> and the <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">BSDNow Patreon</a></p> <h2>Headlines</h2> <h3><a href="https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3501713" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">A Conversation with Margo Seltzer and Mike Olson: The history of Berkeley DB</a></h3> <hr> <h3><a href="https://klarasystems.com/articles/modern-inetd-in-freebsd/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Modern inetd in FreeBSD</a></h3> <hr> <h2>News Roundup</h2> <h3><a href="https://utcc.utoronto.ca/%7Ecks/space/blog/unix/Argv0IsEasy" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The reason Unix has the argv[0] issue (and API)</a></h3> <hr> <h3><a href="https://rubenerd.com/retrocomputing-is-more-than-games/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Retrocomputing can be more than games</a></h3> <hr> <h3><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/09/section_8_unix_user_manual/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">You should read Section 8 of the Unix User's Manual</a></h3> <hr> <h2>Beastie Bits</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20220214061716" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">New 'Reckless guide to OpenBSD' published</a></li> <li><a href="http://ghostbsd.org/node/243" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">GhostBSD Online Meetup</a></li> <li><a href="http://hambug.ca/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">HAMBug online meeting, March 8th @ 18:30 ET</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/HardenedBSD/status/1492249763193970689" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">HardenedBSD 12-STABLE support will be dropped in May 2022</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2022/02/16/26684.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Option options for getopt</a></li> <li><a href="https://mail.tarsnap.com/tarsnap-announce/msg00046.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">New Tarsnap version is out</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.netgate.com/blog/pfsense-plus-software-version-22.01-and-ce-2.6.0-are-now-available" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">pfSense Plus version 22.01 and pfSense CE version 2.6.0 Software are Now Available</a> </li> </ul> <hr> <h3>Tarsnap</h3> <ul> <li>This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups.</li> </ul> <h2>Feedback/Questions</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/444/feedback/Karst%20-%20replacing%20disks.md" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Karst - replacing disks</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/444/feedback/TheHolm%20-%20zfs%20and%20booting.md" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">TheHolm - zfs and booting</a></li> </ul> <hr> <ul> <li>Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to <a href="mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">feedback@bsdnow.tv</a> </li> </ul> <hr> freebsd, openbsd, netbsd, dragonflybsd, trueos, trident, hardenedbsd, tutorial, howto, guide, bsd, operating system, open source, shell, unix, os, berkeley, software, distribution, release, zfs, zpool, dataset, interview, ports, packages, berkeleydb, inetd, argv, issue, retrocomputing, games, users manual The History of Berkeley DB, modern inetd in FreeBSD, the Unix argv[0] issue, retrocomputing can be more than games, read section 8 of the Unix users manual, and more.

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Headlines

A Conversation with Margo Seltzer and Mike Olson: The history of Berkeley DB

Modern inetd in FreeBSD

News Roundup

The reason Unix has the argv[0] issue (and API)

Retrocomputing can be more than games

You should read Section 8 of the Unix User's Manual

Beastie Bits

Tarsnap

  • This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups.

Feedback/Questions

  • Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv
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NOTES
This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap and the BSDNow Patreon

Headlines

A Conversation with Margo Seltzer and Mike Olson: The history of Berkeley DB

Modern inetd in FreeBSD

News Roundup

The reason Unix has the argv[0] issue (and API)

Retrocomputing can be more than games

You should read Section 8 of the Unix User's Manual

Beastie Bits

Tarsnap

  • This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups.

Feedback/Questions

  • Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv
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