BSD Now
JT PenningtonCreated 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, ... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 608 | Founded | 12 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | NewsTech NewsEducationHow To | |||
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Robust & Reliable Backup Solutions with OpenZFS, Why I Maintain a 17 Year Old Thinkpad, Motivations, Tinker Writer Deck, How to tell if FreeBSD needs a Reboot using kernel version check, Techie pulled an all-nighter that one mistake turned into an al... more
We should improve libzfs somewhat, Accurate Effective Storage Performance Benchmark, Debugging aids for pf firewall rules on FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Thunderbolt issue on ThinkPad T480s, Signing Git Commits with an SSH key, Pgrep, LibreOffice downloads o... more
FreeBSD 13.5-RELEASE Now Available, From Chaos to Clarity: How We Tackled FreeBSD’s 7,000 Bug Backlog, zfs-2.3.1, Complications of funding an open source operating system, Why Choose to Use the BSDs in 2025, First Use on GhostBSD, Better Shell Histor... more
FediMeteo: How a Tiny €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service for Thousands, Core Infrastructure: Why You Need to Control Your NTP, Automatic Display switch for OpenBSD laptop, Using a 2013 Mac Pro as a FreeBSD Desktop, Some terminal frustrati... more
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Very informative!
Podchaser43 years agoTaundorm- Needed
I’m looking to get into FreeBSD so this detailed but relaxed approach is perfectly balanced.
Apple Podcasts5Forbes9000
Sweden5 years ago - Great for keeping up wth BSDs and Unix
They don't just cover the BSDs, but the wider Unix world as well. Great topics, technical analysis, and interviews. One of the best Unix/BSD podcasts currently out there.
Apple Podcasts5brysonholland
United States6 years ago - Thanks for doing this
Time flies so fast. I remember when I joined hundreds of episodes ago.
Apple Podcasts5moritzbuhl
Germany7 years ago - Best beginner-accessible BSD resource anywhere!
This is the best source ofBSD info available to beginners but also doesn't hesitate to dive into the interesting details holding it all together. I have found this podcast to be an essential resource for getting and staying current with tools, techniques, and community to make BSD work for me. Thanks for putting this on!
Additionally, I think this podcast is probably the best marketing arm for the community. Keep it available!
Apple Podcasts5ProCoreyJUnited States8 years ago
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Apple Podcasts | #239 | United States/News/Tech News |
Apple Podcasts | #50 |  Canada/News/Tech News |
Apple Podcasts | #88 |  United Kingdom/News/Tech News |
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Apple Podcasts | #71 |  France/News/Tech News |
Apple Podcasts | #102 |  Australia/News/Tech News |
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Analysis of recent episodes reveals a strong focus on BSD systems, with thorough explorations of FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and other BSD variants, alongside elements of Unix technology. Listeners can expect tutorials on practical uses, commentary on community developments, and interviews with notable figures in the BSD community, emphasizing the podcast's role as both an educational resource and a source of technical insights. Unique features include informal yet engaging discussions among knowledgeable hosts, as well as interactive segments encouraging listener participation, making it suitable for both newcomers and seasoned professionals seeking to deepen their understanding.
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