BSD Now

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.

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Apr 23, 2014 · 22 min
34: It's Gonna Get NASty
This week, Allan's at a conference so we've got a short episode for you. We sat down with John Hixson to discuss FreeNAS development and all their future plans. The show will be back next week with a normal episode.
Apr 16, 2014 · 1 hr 20 min
33: Certified Package Delivery
This week, we sit down with Jim Brown from the BSD Certification group to talk about the BSD exams. Following that, we'll be showing you how to build OpenBSD binary packages in bulk, a la poudriere. There's a boatload of news and we've got answers to your questions, coming up on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
Apr 9, 2014 · 1 hr 16 min
32: PXE Dust
This week on the big show we'll be showing off OpenBSD's new "autoinstall" feature to do completely automatic, unattended installations. We also have an interview with Dru Lavigne about all the writing work she does for FreeBSD, PCBSD and FreeNAS. The latest headlines and answers to your emails, on BSD Now - it's the place to B.. SD.
Apr 1, 2014 · 1 hr 9 min
31: Edgy BSD Users
This week we'll be talking to Richard Stallman about the upcoming GPLv4 and how it will protect our software from being stolen. After that, we'll show you how to recover from those pesky ZFS on Linux corruption issues, as well as some tips on how to explain to your boss that all the production boxes were compromised. Your questions and all the latest GNUs, on Linux Now - the place to Lin.. ux.
Mar 26, 2014 · 1 hr 22 min
30: Documentation is King
Finally hit 30 episodes! Today we'll be chatting with Warren Block to discuss BSD documentation efforts and future plans. If you've ever wondered about the scary world of mailing lists, today's tutorial will show you the basics of how to get help and contribute back. There's lots to get to today, so sit back and enjoy some BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
Mar 19, 2014 · 1 hr 54 min
29: P.E.F.S.
We're back from AsiaBSDCon! This week we'll be chatting with Gleb Kurtsou about some a filesystem-level encryption utility called PEFS. After that, we'll give you a step by step guide on how to actually use it. There's also the usual round of your questions and we've got a lot of news to catch up on, so stay tuned to BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
Mar 12, 2014 · 33 min
28: Ghost of Partition
This week we're at AsiaBSDCon, so it'll be a shorter episode. We've got an interview with Eric Turgeon, founder of the desktop-focused GhostBSD project. Haven't heard of GhostBSD? Well stay tuned then. There's also a really interesting tutorial on how to serially concatenate disks in NetBSD. We'll be back next week with a normal episode.
Mar 5, 2014 · 1 hr 42 min
27: BSD Now vs. BSDTalk
The long-awaited meetup is finally happening on today's show. We're going to be interviewing the original BSD podcaster, Will Backman, to discuss what he's been up to and what the future of BSD advocacy looks like. After that, we'll be showing you how to track (and even cross-compile!) the -CURRENT branch of NetBSD. We've got answers to user-submitted questions and the latest news, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
Feb 26, 2014 · 1 hr 31 min
26: Port Authority
On today's show we have an interview with Joe Marcus Clark, one of the original portmgr members in FreeBSD, and one of the key GNOME porters. Keeping along with that topic, we have a FreeBSD ports tutorial for you as well. The latest news and answers to your BSD questions, right here on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
Feb 19, 2014 · 1 hr 7 min
25: A Sixth pfSense
We have a packed show for you this week! We'll sit down for an interview with Chris Buechler, from the pfSense project, to learn just how easy it can be to deploy a BSD firewall. We'll also be showing you a walkthrough of the pfSense interface so you can get an idea of just how convenient and powerful it is. Answers to your questions and the latest headlines, here on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
Feb 12, 2014 · 1 hr 9 min
24: The Cluster & The Cloud
This week on BSD Now... a wrap-up from NYCBSDCon! We'll also be talking to Luke Marsden, CEO of HybridCluster, about how they use BSD at large. Following that, our tutorial will show you how to securely share files with SFTP in a chroot. The latest news and answers to your questions, of course it's BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
Feb 5, 2014 · 1 hr 15 min
23: Time Signatures
On this week's episode, we'll be talking with Ted Unangst of the OpenBSD team about their new signing infrastructure. After that, we've got a tutorial on how to run your own NTP server. News, your feedback and even... the winner of our tutorial contest will be announced! So stay tuned to BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
Jan 29, 2014 · 1 hr 30 min
22: Journaled News-Updates
This time on the show, we'll be talking with George Neville-Neil about the brand new FreeBSD Journal and what it's all about. After that, we've got a tutorial on how to track the -stable and -current branches of OpenBSD. Answers to all your BSD questions and the latest headlines, only on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
Jan 22, 2014 · 1 hr 47 min
21: Tendresse for Ten
This time on the show, we've got some great news for OpenBSD, as well as the scoop on FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE - yes it's finally here! We're gonna talk to Colin Percival about running FreeBSD 10 on EC2 and lots of other interesting stuff. After that, we'll be showing you how to do some bandwidth monitoring and network performance testing in a combo tutorial. We've got a round of your questions and the latest news, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
Jan 15, 2014 · 1 hr 23 min
20: Bhyve Mind
It's our big 20th episode! We're going to sit down for a chat with Neel Natu and Peter Grehan, the developers of bhyve. Not familiar with bhyve? Our tutorial will show you all you need to know about this awesome new virtualization technology. Answers to your questions and all the latest news, here on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
Jan 8, 2014 · 1 hr 21 min
19: The Installfest
We've got some special treats for you this week on the show. It's the long-awaited "installfest" segment, where we go through the installer of each of the different BSDs. Of course we also have your feedback and the latest news as well... and... we even have our very first viewer contest! There's a lot to get to today on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
Jan 1, 2014 · 1 hr 10 min
18: Eclipsing Binaries
Put away the Christmas trees and update your ports trees! We're back with the first show of 2014, and we've got some catching up to do. This time on the show, we have an interview with Baptiste Daroussin about the future of FreeBSD binary packages. Following that, we'll be highlighting a cool script to do binary upgrades on OpenBSD. Lots of holiday news and listener feedback, on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
Dec 25, 2013 · 18 min
17: The Gift of Giving
Merry Christmas everyone! We're taking the holiday off and just have an interview for you today. We sat down with Scott Long to discuss using FreeBSD at Netflix and lots of other things. Next week we will return with the normal round of news and tutorials.
Dec 18, 2013 · 1 hr 50 min
16: Cryptocrystalline
This time on the show, we'll be showing you how to do a fully-encrypted installation of FreeBSD and OpenBSD. We also have an interview with Damien Miller - one of the lead developers of OpenSSH - about some recent crypto changes in the project. If you're into data security, today's the show for you. The latest news and all your burning questions answered, right here on BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.
Dec 11, 2013 · 1 hr 48 min
15: Kickin' NAS
This time on the show, we'll be looking at the new version of FreeNAS, a BSD-based network attached storage solution, as well as talking to Josh Paetzel - one of the key developers of FreeNAS. Actually, he's on the FreeBSD release engineering team too, and does quite a lot for the project. We've got answers to your viewer-submitted questions and plenty of news to cover, so get ready for some BSD Now - the place to B.. SD.