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634: Why Self-Host?

October 23, 2025 1:01:38 10.31 MB ( 48.85 MB less) Downloads: 0

Why Self-host?, Advanced ZFS Dataset Management, Building a Simple Router with OpenBSD, Minimal pkgbase jails / chroots, WSL-For-FreeBSD, Yubico yubikey 5 nfc on FreeBSD, The Q3 2025 Issue of the FreeBSD Journal, and more

NOTES

This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap and the BSDNow Patreon

Headlines

Why Self-host?


Advanced ZFS Dataset Management: Snapshots, Clones, and Bookmarks


News Roundup

Building a Simple Router with OpenBSD


Minimal pkgbase jails / chroots


WSL-For-FreeBSD


Yubico yubikey 5 nfc on FreeBSD


The Q3 2025 Issue of the FreeBSD Journal is Now Available


Tarsnap

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