BSD Now

By 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... more

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BSD Now episodes:

June 01, 2023509: Dot File Naming
Leveraging OpenZFS to Build Your Own Storage Appliance, Install OpenBSD as a VM, Set up your own CalDAV and CardDAV servers on OpenBSD, display basic computer information using DMI table decoder, Gpart CheatSheet, Rob Pike on the Origin of Unix Dot File Names, and more
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This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap and the BSDNow Patreon
Headlines
OpenZFS – Leveraging OpenZFS to Build Your Own Storage Appliance
Install OpenBSD as a VM
News Roundup
Set up your own CalDAV and CardDAV servers on OpenBSD
How to display basic computer information using DMI table decoder
Gpart CheatSheet - wiping drives, partitioning, & formating
Rob Pike on the Origin of Unix Dot File Names
Beastie Bits
Hackerstations
Mike McQuaid's clean, ergonomic setup in Edinburgh, Scotland
Daniel Stenberg and the home of curl in Stockholm, Sweden
viogpu(4), a VirtIO GPU driver, added to -current
OpenBGPD 8.0 released
cron(8) now supports random ranges with steps
malloc leak detection available in -current
vmd(8) moves to a multi-process model
Tarsnap
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42min
May 25, 2023508: Foundational Proceedings
FreeBSD Foundation Welcomes New Team Members, OpenZFS the Ideal Storage Solution for University Environments, SCaLE20X Conference Report, 916 days of Emacs, XTerm: It's Better Than You Thought, NetBSD Annual General Meeting 2023, and more
NOTES**
This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap and the BSDNow Patreon
Headlines
FreeBSD Foundation Welcomes New Team Members
What Makes OpenZFS the Ideal Storage Solution for University Environments
News Roundup
SCaLE20X Conference Report
916 days of Emacs
XTerm: It's Better Than You Thought
NetBSD AGM2023: Annual General Meeting, May 13, 21:00 UTC
Tarsnap
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Feedback/Questions
Adrian - Tilde
Dan - Root Shell
Florian - Salt Extension
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42min
May 18, 2023507: Michael W. Lucas Interview
Author Michael W. Lucas joins us in this interview to talk about his latest book projects. Find out what he’s up to regarding mail servers, conferences, his views on ChatGPT, and more.
NOTES
This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap and the BSDNow Patreon
Interview - Michael W. Lucas - [email protected]
OpenBSD Mastery Filesystems
Tarsnap
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Special Guest: Michael W Lucas.
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59min
May 11, 2023506: A greener BSD
Comparing Modern Open-Source Storage Solutions, FreeBSD Q1 Status Report, Hello Systems 0.8.1 Release, OpenBSD: Managing an inverter/converter with NUT, Tips for Running a Greener FreeBSD, BSDCAN Registration open
NOTES
This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap and the BSDNow Patreon
Headlines
Comparing Modern Open-Source Storage Solutions OpenZFS vs. The Rest
FreeBSD Q1 Status Report
News Roundup
Hello Systems 0.8.1 Release
OpenBSD: Managing an inverter/converter with NUT
Celebrating Earth Day: Tips for Running a Greener FreeBSD
BSDCAN Registration
Beastie Bits
• [SimCity 2000 running on OpenBSD 7.3 via DOSBox 0.74-3](https://www.reddit.com/r/openbsd_gaming/comments/12k9zt2/simcity_2000_running_on_openbsd_73_via_dosbox_0743/)
• [OpenBSD Webzine #13](https://webzine.puffy.cafe/issue-13.html)
• [AWS Gazo bot](https://github.com/csaltos/aws-gazo-bot)
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33min
May 04, 2023505: BSD Desktop Setup
OpenBSD 7.3 released, Accelerating Datacenter Energy Efficiency by Leveraging FreeBSD as Your Server OS, install Cinnamon as a Desktop environment, xmonad FreeBSD set up from scratch, Burgr books in your terminal, and more
NOTES
This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap and the BSDNow Patreon
Headlines
OpenBSD 7.3 released
BSDCan 2023 Schedule posted
Accelerating Datacenter Energy Efficiency by Leveraging FreeBSD as Your Server OS
News Roundup
FreeBSD – How to install Cinnamon as a Desktop environment
xmonad FreeBSD set up from scratch
Burgr books in your terminal
Pros and Cons of FreeBSD for virtual Servers
Tarsnap
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Feedback/Questions
Reese - Dans Interview
jj - looking for help
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30min
April 27, 2023504: Release the BSD
FreeBSD 13.2 Release, Using DTrace to find block sizes of ZFS, NFS, and iSCSI, Midnight BSD 3.0.1, Closing a stale SSH connection, How to automatically add identity to the SSH authentication agent, Pros and Cons of FreeBSD for virtual Servers, and more
NOTES
This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap and the BSDNow Patreon
Headlines
FreeBSD 13.2 Release Announcement
Using DTrace to find block sizes of ZFS, NFS, and iSCSI
News Roundup
Midnight BSD 3.0.1
Closing a stale SSH connection
How to automatically add identity to the SSH authentication agent
Tarsnap
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Feedback/Questions
Dan - ZFS question
Matt - Thanks
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37min
April 20, 2023503: Fast Unix Commands
ZFS Optimization Success Stories, Linux Namespaces Are a Poor Man's Plan 9 Namespaces, better support for SSH host certificates, Fast Unix Commands, Fascination with AWK, and more
NOTES
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Headlines
ZFS Optimization Success Stories
Linux Namespaces Are a Poor Man's Plan 9 Namespaces
News Roundup
We need better support for SSH host certificates
Fast Unix Commands
Fascination with AWK
Beastie Bits
[Development environment updated and working])https://twitter.com/sweordbora/status/1618603990463438851?s=52&t=GHrPlL6qZhIWo6u2Y5ie3g)
[WIP] feat: add basic FreeBSD support on Kubelet](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/115870)
Jar of Fortunes
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37min
April 13, 2023502: Ping from Hell
5 Key reasons for a OpenZFS Performance Audit, The Ping from Hell, OpenBGPD 7.9 released, Setting the clock ahead to see what breaks, and more
NOTES
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Headlines
5 Key reasons why you need a OpenZFS Performance Audit
Musings on Mobility : The Ping from Hell
News Roundup
OpenBGPD 7.9 released
Setting the clock ahead to see what breaks
Tarsnap
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Feedback/Questions
Esteban - pot
Tim - BSD Talk at SCALE
Fred - Networking
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36min
April 06, 2023 501: Boot that Snapshot
Nextcloud + OpenBSD = <3, Understanding the Origins of DTrace, Bastille Templates for FreeBSD Jails, Initial support for guided disk encryption in the OpenBSD installer, Dynamic host configuration please, OpenBSD Storage Management tutorial at BSDCan 2023, Jan/Feb 2023 Column Out in the FreeBSD Journal, and more
NOTES
This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap and the BSDNow Patreon
Headlines
Nextcloud + OpenBSD = <3
FreeBSD History Series - Understanding the Origins of DTrace
News Roundup
Bastille Templates for FreeBSD Jails
Initial support for guided disk encryption in the installer
Dynamic host configuration, please
BSDCan 2023 Tutorial: OpenBSD Storage Management
Jan/Feb 2023 Column Out in the FreeBSD Journal
loader: Add support for booting from a ZFS snapshot
Tarsnap
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39min
March 30, 2023500: Guarding the Wire
Wireguard VPN Server with Unbound on OpenBSD, Auditing for OpenZFS Storage Performance, OpenBSD 7.2 on a Thinkpad X201, Practical Guides to fzf, Replacing postfix with dma, and more
NOTES
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Headlines
How To Set Up a Wireguard VPN Server with Unbound on OpenBSD
Auditing for OpenZFS Storage Performance
News Roundup
Some notes on OpenBSD 7.2 on a Thinkpad X201
fzf
A Practical Guide to fzf: Building a File Explorer
A Practical Guide to fzf: Shell Integration
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Replacing postfix with dma
Tarsnap
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Feedback/Questions
Dennis - Thanks
Luna - Trillian
Lyubomir - ipfw question
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37min

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