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Owning an Unraid server gives you the ultimate control over your data and reduces your dependence on The Cloud. Join us to learn how to get the most out of your Unraid server, stay up to date on relevant news and topics, and get to know members of the Unraid community!

  1. Sep 16

    Unraid 8: Fedora, Backups & New Apps & Tech News || Ed & Stefano Unleashed

    Ed and Stefano explore what’s changing for your home server, unpacking Unraid 8’s move to Fedora, native backups, ZFS snapshots, and Docker Compose integration. What changes, what stays, and where do multiple arrays fit in? We also dive into community apps, build an AI radio with Dead Air, ID birds with BirdNET-Go, and discover gigs via MusicSpider, while tackling cloud outages, digital ownership, and rising RAM prices. Along the way: mixing SAS and SATA drives, a fatal modular PSU cable mistake, Linux migrations, and the occasional tangent. Episode Takeaways Unraid 7.3.3 RC1 and the 7.4 beta, shared task tray and multi-network DockerUnraid 8 dropping Slackware for a Fedora base built on uCoreNative backups, Docker Compose in Community Apps and a plugin permission systemMultiple arrays still on the roadmap, just not in the first releaseWhy a Fedora base won't fix Fuse overhead, and what exclusive shares actually doDead Air, a self-hosted radio station with an AI presenterBirdNET-Go and MusicSpider, two new containers worth a lookSony telling a court you're unreasonable if you thought you owned itPBS nearly losing 70 years of archive to a bankrupt cloud middlemanA modular PSU cable swap that destroyed two hard drivesPetLibro pet feeders offline for 38 hours because the cloud went downComcast turning millions of routers into Wi-Fi motion sensorsAmazon device prices up 60% in a day, and RAM prices still climbingPine64 halting Linux hardware manufacturing into next yearCERN leaving Red Hat for Debian 13 over a compiler flag150 million driving licences for sale on the dark webAliExpress fingerprinting shoppers with silent audioA UK power plant down for four days after someone port forwarded an air-gapped network Chapters ⁠00:00⁠ Welcome back, Unraid 7.3.3 RC and the 7.4 beta ⁠02:50⁠ The 45Drives Creator Summit ⁠04:00⁠ Unraid 8 announced, Slackware to Fedora ⁠05:33⁠ Native backups, Podman and Docker Compose in Community Apps ⁠07:03⁠ Plugin permissions, a unified UI and broader hardware support ⁠10:03⁠ What's staying, and where multiple arrays got to ⁠11:06⁠ Fuse, user space and the exclusive shares trick ⁠14:31⁠ ZFS isn't going anywhere on a Fedora base ⁠15:35⁠ Dead Air, a radio station hosted by your own AI ⁠18:44⁠ BirdNET-Go, bat detection and Home Assistant ⁠22:41⁠ MusicSpider finds gigs from your listening history ⁠23:55⁠ Sony argues in court that you never owned it ⁠27:29⁠ Xbox cloud streaming limits and disc-to-digital ⁠31:35⁠ PBS nearly loses 70 years of archive footage ⁠33:48⁠ Mixing SAS and SATA drives in the array ⁠35:27⁠ A modular PSU cable that killed two hard drives ⁠39:09⁠ PetLibro's 38 hour cloud outage ⁠40:41⁠ Comcast turns routers into Wi-Fi motion sensors ⁠44:24⁠ Ring encryption and what it hands to police ⁠46:05⁠ Amazon prices up 60% overnight, and RAM pricing ⁠50:05⁠ Pine64 halts hardware manufacturing ⁠53:13⁠ Maintenance, and the 1990s RAM Doubler ⁠55:50⁠ China and the EU swapping Windows for Linux ⁠57:43⁠ CERN leaves Red Hat over a compiler flag ⁠1:00:58⁠ Epic Games Store gets a Linux launcher ⁠1:01:47⁠ Utah targets VPN users, California protects open source ⁠1:03:03⁠ 150 million driving licences on the dark web ⁠1:05:56⁠ uBlock Origin, Brave and YouTube ads without Premium ⁠1:09:26⁠ AliExpress fingerprinting with silent audio ⁠1:11:10⁠ A UK power plant down after a port forward, and HDMI ⁠1:13:32⁠ The black swan on the motorway ⁠1:14:10⁠ Sign-off What will you build with Unraid?  ⁠Get Started with Unraid in 15 minutes or less.⁠ The hosts of Ed & Stefano Unleashed are passionate about home servers, open-source tech, and sometimes going off on tangents.  The views and opinions expressed on the show are solely those of the hosts and guests and do not reflect the opinions, policies, or positions of Lime Technology, Inc.

  2. Sep 16

    Unraid August Digest 2026

    In this month's Unraid August Digest, we break down the biggest news of the month — the move to a new Fedora-based foundation — plus the Unraid 7.4.0 beta, two new faces on the team, fresh merch, and the best community content from around the web. Read the full August Digest. 📰 THE BIG NEWS: UNRAID 8 Unraid 8 is migrating from Slackware to a modern, Fedora-based foundation built on Universal Blue's uCore. The goal: faster security updates, broader hardware support out of the box, built-in backups, and native Docker Compose — an immutable, image-based OS you can update atomically and roll back in one step. Want in early? Sign up for the Unraid 8 beta waitlist here. 🧪 UNRAID 7.4.0 BETA 1 Now available for testing — a shared task tray for background operations across plugins, Docker, and VMs; multiple custom networks for Docker templates; a Docker memory-limit control in the UI; configurable physical power-button behavior; a flash backup you can download straight to the server with progress tracking; plus storage and web UI fixes, new Realtek Wi-Fi firmware, a kernel update, and security-focused package updates. 👋 NEW TEAM MEMBERS Two roles announced back in June have been filled: Alex Kretzschmar joins as Head of Product Marketing (longtime community member and co-founder of LinuxServer.io), and Scott Schwarz joins as Head of Operations & Automation, bringing 20 years of experience helping companies build to scale. 👕 NEW MERCH The new "Unraid and Chill" tee is here — and all t-shirts are on sale for $20 each while you're there. — CHAPTERS — 0:00 Intro 0:20 The big news: Unraid 8 announced 0:24 Why Unraid 8 is special: moving to Fedora 0:42 What is uCore? (batteries included) :23 Container-first OS: bootc & atomic rollback 1:42 Unraid 8 beta waitlist 1:54 Unraid 7.4.0 beta 1 — what's new 3:06 New team members: Alex & Scott 3:38 New merch: Unraid and Chill 3:49 Community content from around the web 4:01 Wrap-up — LINKS — Full August Digest newsletter: https://newsletter.unraid.net/p/unraid-august-digest-da22 Unraid 8 beta waitlist: https://bit.ly/unraid-beta Unraid forums: https://forums.unraid.net Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/unRAID #Unraid #Unraid8 #SelfHosting #Homelab #NAS #Fedora #Docker #HomeServer What will you build with Unraid? Get Started with Unraid in 15 minutes or less.

  3. Aug 17

    Unraid 8 Explained: New Distro, Docker Compose, Backups and more | Uncast (Part 2 of 2)

    Last time you met the CEO. This time, meet the man who started it all and the person building what comes next. In Part 2, Ed sits down with Unraid creator Tom and product director Eli. Tom walks through 20 years of Unraid — from a 2005 hobby project born out of a pile of cheap hard drives, to parity-protected storage, a web GUI built to hide Linux, and the arrival of plugins, Docker, VMs and ZFS. Then Eli lays out what's coming in Unraid 8. What's next: a move to a Fedora base (built on Universal Blue's uCore) for faster security updates and far better hardware support out of the box; native Docker Compose; a built-in backup solution — to the cloud, an S3 bucket, or another Unraid server, with snapshots and full restores; a plugin permission system so you can see exactly what each plugin can touch before you install it; and a cleaner, more consistent interface across the OS, your account, and Community Apps — all without taking anything away from the power users who go deep. Same idea that started it all: your hardware, your data, your choice. Here's to the next 20 years. — CHAPTERS — 0:00 – Welcome back: meet the founder (Part 2 of 2) 1:05 – 2005: the problem Tom set out to solve 2:24 – Parity & redundancy: the first Unraid array 4:41 – The web GUI, "Tower" & the birth of plugins 7:23 – 64-bit, VMs & Docker: the road to Unraid 6 9:37 – ZFS support & mirrored USB boot (Unraid 7) 11:49 – Why Unraid 8 moves to a Fedora base 13:29 – Immutable Linux & Universal Blue (uCore) 15:58 – Kernel flexibility & better hardware support 20:32 – One cohesive interface & own-your-data 22:38 – Built-in backups & native Docker Compose 26:20 – Plugins you can trust: the new permission system 29:35 – Community Apps, reimagined (ca.unraid.net) 31:23 – When can you try it? Beta, RC & getting involved 33:05 – Early days: building servers by hand 35:34 – From flash drives to digital downloads 37:17 – 20 years, still independent: Tom's reflection 39:00 – Closing remarks & how to get involved — LINKS — Watch Part 1 (meet CEO Tiffany Jones). Read Tiffany's letter (companion blog). Community Apps. Sign up for the Unraid 8 beta. Submit feature requests & bug reports. Work with us (Unraid jobs). What will you build with Unraid? Get Started with Unraid in 15 minutes or less.

  4. Aug 8

    No Investors. No Outside Board. Just Unraid — with CEO Tiffany Jones | Uncast (Part 1 of 2)

    You’ve used Unraid. Now meet the person running the company behind it. Ed Rawlings and Unraid CEO Tiffany Jones get into what the community actually wants to know — what the company stands for, what's coming to Unraid users soon, and what she'll protect no matter what. This isn't a product update. It's an honest look at the people, the culture, and the independence behind the OS you rely on. Tiffany talks about growing up around Unraid, the four careers that led her to the top job, and how she and her father Tom split the business and the product. She takes the hard questions head-on: the worry that Unraid could drift the way other beloved products have, why the company stays bootstrapped with no investors, what “you own your license” actually means, and where a leaner, more accessible Unraid is headed — without taking anything away from the power users who’ve been here for years. No VC. No private equity. No debt. A perpetual license you own outright. A team largely built from the community it serves. This is what’s behind the product. Want to join the Unraid beta tester list? Part 2 will have Unraid creator Tom Mortensen and Unraid Director of Product Eli Bosley reveal what’s next for the product itself. You won't want to miss this one. Subscribe so you don’t miss it! Links Submit feature requests & bug reports Work with us (Unraid jobs) MSP / OEM / technology partners Join the Unraid beta tester interest list Chapters 00:00 – Welcome back: meet Unraid’s CEO (Part 1 of 2) 00:44 – Seeing Unraid for the first time (Tom’s 2005 plasma TV) 02:58 – Film to CEO: the four careers that led here 07:38 – Does Tiffany run Unraid at home? 09:45 – The mission, and what “freedom” really means 12:28 – What Tom does now 15:23 – Battling against enshittification and aligning with users 17:18 – No investors, no debt: staying independent 23:50 – What the license change actually paid for 27:58 – Why Unraid stays a small, lean team 30:05 – Where your bug reports & feature requests go 32:10 – From community to staff: Larry’s story 34:05 – What makes the self-hosting community different 36:50 – Accessible ≠ dumbing it down 39:18 – What Unraid got wrong (and how they fixed it) 43:16 – Goals for the next era (team, UX, AI) 45:28 – Partnerships & the Signature Series (45HomeLab) 50:30 – How to get involved 52:36 – Coming in Part 2: Tom & Eli What will you build with Unraid? Get Started with Unraid in 15 minutes or less.

  5. Jul 8

    The Container You Couldn't Live Without, Emby vs Jellyfin & Steam Headless | Ed & Stefano Unleashed

    Ed's heading to the 45Drives Creator Summit, the Unraid summer sale is live, and this month's community question is the one container you couldn't live without, plus the most underrated one nobody ever talks about. Then it gets wild: malware that hides from AI scanners by pretending to be a nuclear weapon, Sony quietly deleting 551 films people actually paid for, GTA 6 shipping as nothing but a code in a box, PlayStation finishing off physical discs, and Amazon locking the Fire Stick behind a new OS. On the security side: BitLocker weaponized as ransomware, the FortiBleed firewall credential leak, another npm supply chain attack, and an AUR malware flood hitting Arch users. Anthropic drops Claude Fable, Steam Machines are back as a downloadable OS, AMD silently removed Ryzen memory encryption, and ANPR cameras are now tracking your AirPods and your dog. Plus, YouTube's AI sweep is taking out real creators, and Ukraine's birds have started nesting in drone fibre spools. Episode Takeaways Unraid summer sale (ends 19 July) and the 45Drives Creator SummitThe one container you couldn't live without, and the most underrated oneAnthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 switched back onMalware faking nuclear-weapon text to slip past AI code scannersSony deleting 551 purchased movies from PlayStation librariesGTA 6's "physical" edition is just a download code in a boxPlayStation ending physical disc production in 2028Amazon killing Fire Stick sideloading with the move to Vega OSBitLocker turned into a ransomware weapon using built-in toolsFortiBleed exposes admin credentials for around 75,000 Fortinet firewallsRubyGems and npm add a cooldown to blunt supply chain attacksArch's AUR flooded with 1,500+ malicious packagesSteam Machine priced, and SteamOS now installable on any PCAMD quietly removing, then restoring, Ryzen memory encryptionFlock cameras that fingerprint your Bluetooth, AirPods and even pet chipsYouTube's AI cleanup catching genuine faceless creatorsUkraine's birds building nests from discarded drone fibre-optic cable Chapters 00:00 Welcome, Unraid summer sale and the Creator Summit 05:27 The container you couldn't live without, and the most underrated 17:50 Anthropic's Fable 5 is back 20:56 Malware hides from AI scanners behind fake nuclear-weapon text 23:10 Sony deletes 551 purchased movies from PlayStation 29:20 GTA 6 is just a code in a box 35:15 PlayStation ends physical disc production in 2028 45:08 Steam Headless and the fixed-MAC container trick 48:30 Amazon kills Fire Stick sideloading with Vega OS 51:03 BitLocker turned into a ransomware weapon 54:43 FortiBleed: 75,000 Fortinet firewalls exposed 1:00:43 RubyGems and npm add a package cooldown 1:02:04 Arch's AUR flooded with malware 1:02:49 Steam Machine priced, and SteamOS goes downloadable 1:10:00 AMD pulls, then restores, Ryzen memory encryption 1:12:00 Flock cameras that track your Bluetooth, AirPods and dog 1:16:10 YouTube's AI cleanup hits real faceless creators 1:19:10 Light close: Ukraine's birds and drone fibre 1:20:23 Sign-off What will you build with Unraid? Get Started with Unraid in 15 minutes or less. The hosts of Ed & Stefano Unleashed are passionate about home servers, open-source tech, and sometimes going off on tangents. The views and opinions expressed on the show are solely those of the hosts and guests and do not reflect the opinions, policies, or positions of Lime Technology, Inc. This show is intended for entertainment and informational purposes only. Listeners are encouraged to do their own research, experiment responsibly, and not hold the hosts accountable for any questionable home lab decisions. Most importantly, enjoy the show!

  6. Jul 6

    June Digest 2026

    Welcome to the Unraid June Digest! We kick things off with the annual UNRAID SUMMER SALE — LIVE NOW through July 19 ⦿ 20% off Starter and Unleashed licenses ⦿ 30% off all upgrades to Unleashed ⦿ 50% off a second Starter or Unleashed license at checkout Shop the sale here WE'RE HIRING — two new remote roles open now ⦿ Head of Operations & Automation ⦿ Manager of Support and Services NEW COMMUNITY APPS PORTAL Community Apps has a new home outside the WebGUI where you can browse the full catalog, save apps for later, and check out the new Monthly Spotlight section. APP OF THE MONTH: Apprise100+ notification services (Slack, Discord, Telegram, Pushover, and more) as a native Unraid plugin. 🎬 MORE FROM THE COMMUNITY THIS MONTH The First Server Built for Unraid: X15 Review & UnboxingYour Homelab Is a Mess… Fix It Like This The SIMPLEST Guide to Set Up Jellyfin WITH Hardware Acceleration - Unraid The Homelab Reset Question, Claude SSH Access & Chrome Manifest V2 | Ed & Stefano Unleashed Unraid turns any collection of hard drives, SSDs, and NVMe storage into a single powerful server for storage, virtualization, and applications. Prefer these in your inbox? Read it here and subscribe What will you build with Unraid? Get Started with Unraid in 15 minutes or less Join our Discord 📋 Forums 🛒 Merch #Unraid #Homelab #SelfHosted #NAS #CommunityApps

  7. Jun 18

    The Homelab Reset Question, Claude SSH Access & Chrome Manifest V2 | Ed & Stefano Unleashed

    Unraid summer sale talk kicks things off before Ed and Stefano ask a simple but painful homelab question: if your main server died tomorrow, would you actually rebuild everything, or would you use it as a chance to clean house? From there, we get into backups, appdata cleanup, homelab creep, Docker Compose, low-power rebuilds, Anthropic Fable/Mythos restrictions, AI hype cycles, developers booby-trapping code against AI, SSD-based browser fingerprinting, another npm supply chain attack, Chrome Manifest V2, Brave, Pi-hole, Google AI search, SanDisk SSDs, internal boot, AI data centre memory pressure, and whether Claude should ever be allowed to SSH into your Unraid server. Episode Takeaways Upcoming Unraid summer sale and store discountsIf your Unraid server died, what would you actually restore?Homelab creep, old appdata and why a rebuild can be usefulCommunity Apps versus Docker Compose for rebuilding servicesLow-power servers, local AI and the price of new workstation GPUsAnthropic Fable/Mythos restrictions and what they might meanAI hype cycles, GPT-2 comparisons and model safety marketingDevelopers hiding instructions in code to block AI scrapersWhy AI hallucinations can become self-reinforcingFROST, the browser attack that fingerprints activity through SSD timingRed Hat npm packages hit by a credential-stealing supply chain attackChrome Manifest V2, uBlock Origin Lite, Brave and Pi-holeGoogle AI search opt-outs and the “-AI” search trickSanDisk SSDs, DRAM concerns, USB boot, internal boot and SATA DOMsWhy letting Claude SSH into Unraid is probably a bad ideaA United flight turns around after a Bluetooth device is named “bomb” Chapters00:00 Welcome, Unraid summer sale and server disaster recovery00:56 If your Unraid server died tomorrow02:03 Pterodactyl, containers and what not to rebuild06:08 Backups, homelab creep and appdata cleanup10:01 Low-power rebuilds and RTX Pro Blackwell pricing11:32 Anthropic Fable/Mythos restrictions14:07 Anthropic IPO questions and AI regulation18:04 AI hype cycles, GPT-2 comparisons and AI credit cards22:13 Spark PCs, Mythos and local AI agent machines23:44 Developers booby-trap code against AI26:12 Ubuntu FIPS, missing knowledge and hallucination loops29:07 FROST, SSD fingerprinting from the browser32:57 Red Hat npm supply chain compromise37:39 Chrome Manifest V2 and ad blocking41:28 Firefox, Brave, Pi-hole and browser choices45:27 Riverside, Chrome-only services and browser lock-in49:15 Google AI search opt-outs and the “-AI” trick54:04 SanDisk SSDs and DRAM concerns56:55 Internal boot, USB boot and SATA DOMs1:02:14 SRAM, DRAM and AI data centre memory pressure1:06:06 Should Claude SSH into Unraid?1:10:18 Recovering broken VM XML and GPU passthrough1:11:04 United flight turns around over a Bluetooth device name1:15:18  Sign-off What will you build with Unraid? Get Started with Unraid in 15 minutes or less. The hosts of Ed & Stefano Unleashed are passionate about home servers, open-source tech, and sometimes going off on tangents. The views and opinions expressed on the show are solely those of the hosts and guests and do not reflect the opinions, policies, or positions of Lime Technology, Inc. This show is intended for entertainment and informational purposes only.  Listeners are encouraged to do their own research, experiment responsibly, and not hold the hosts accountable for any questionable home lab decisions. Most importantly, enjoy the show!

  8. Jun 2

    Unraid May Recap: 7.3.0 Stable, Internal Boot & is Unraid Leaving Slackware?

    Everything that happened with Unraid in May 2026 in 5 minutes. This month: Unraid 7.3.0 hits stable with Internal Boot, a wave of security releases keeps the team busy, the base OS future gets teased, we spotlight Open WebUI as App of the Month, and new sci-fi Unraid merch dropped! Unraid 7.3.0 is Stable: Internal Boot is here. Run Unraid from NVMe, SSD, or eMMC — no USB stick required. Also includes a new onboarding wizard, Docker MAC address fixes, QEMU/libvirt updates, and more. Unraid 7.3.1 also out: A focused maintenance update addressing a wave of CVEs alongside kernel, Docker, ZFS, and Slackware base package updates. Recommended for all 7.3 users. Unraid 7.2.7: Still on 7.2.x? This one's for you. Security updates, kernel upgrade, Docker fixes, and package refreshes across core components. OS Transition Teased: On Ed & Stefano Unleashed, it was hinted that Unraid may move away from Slackware. Debian? Fedora? App of the Month: Open WebUI: A self-hosted chat interface for running large language models on your own hardware. Pair it with Ollama and run Llama, Mistral, Gemma and more. No cloud, no subscription. Ed walks through the full setup. Merch of the Month: The "Disturbing Lack of Backups" laptop sleeve: a nod to a beloved space epic and a reminder of IT best practices. All merch is 20% off site-wide now Prefer to read? Subscribe to the Unraid Monthly Digest What will you build with Unraid? Get Started with Unraid in 15 minutes or less.

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Owning an Unraid server gives you the ultimate control over your data and reduces your dependence on The Cloud. Join us to learn how to get the most out of your Unraid server, stay up to date on relevant news and topics, and get to know members of the Unraid community!

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  • Creator
    Unraid
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    80
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