About this episode

This episode discusses OpenZFS storage design, the history of Telnet, and various BSD-related topics.

Designing OpenZFS Storage for Independence, The day Telnet died, PiDP 11/70, OpenBSD on SGI and more... NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap and the BSDNow Patreon Headlines Designing OpenZFS Storage for Independence: Pool Architecture, Failure Domains, and Migration Paths 2026-01-14: The Day the telnet Died Reports of Telnet’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated News Roundup PiDP-11/70 Build Workshop OpenBSD on SGI: a rollercoaster story Terminals Should Generate 256 Color Palette FreeBSD tribal knowledge: Changes to snapshot strategy Beastie Bits BSDCan reg is now open An Oral History of Unix Major update to drm(4) code in OpenBSD-current (to linux 6.18.16) Patched FreeBSD AMIs 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 Join us and other BSD Fans in our BSD Now Telegram channel

People in this episode

Host: JT Pennington

Topics covered

• OpenZFS Storage Design
• Telnet
• PiDP-11/70
• OpenBSD
• FreeBSD
• BSD News

Sponsors

Tarsnap

Mentioned in this episode

Products: OpenZFS, PiDP 11/70, OpenBSD, drm(4), FreeBSD

Books & works: An Oral History of Unix

Places: SGI

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