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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. 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!

    1h 16m

  2. 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.

    5 min

  3. May 26

    Unraid 7.3.0 + BitLocker Backdoor & DeepSeek V4 Runs Locally | Ed & Stefano Unleashed

    Unraid 7.3.0 stable has landed with internal boot and TPM licensing, 7.2.7 keeps the older branch protected with backported fixes, and we drop a quiet tease about a possible change to what's running underneath the OS. From there it's a brutal month of wider security news including the YellowKey BitLocker situation, the Bambu Lab versus OrcaSlicer fight with Rossmann and ‪@GamersNexus‬ weighing in, the collapse of motherboard sales, DeepSeek V4 running locally, and the new wave of VPN-hostile legislation out of Utah and the EU. Episode Takeaways -Apprise lands as an official Unraid plugin, built in Go and developed with the upstream project -Unraid 7.2.7 backports security fixes across 11 core packages on the older branch -Unraid 7.3.0 stable brings internal boot, TPM-based licensing and Docker networking improvements -A forward-looking tease on the Linux distribution sitting under Unraid -Why you don't necessarily need to jump to the latest major release -Copy Fail, a 732-byte Python script that gets root on most Linux distros since 2017 -The YellowKey BitLocker bypass that looks deliberate enough to be called a backdoor -A 93-minute Bitwarden CLI compromise that injected malicious GitHub Actions workflows -DAEMON Tools Lite installers backdoored across more than 100 countries -Microsoft Edge loading your full password vault into plaintext memory at startup -Motherboard sales collapse 25% as AI chips squeeze the enthusiast PC market -Bambu Lab versus OrcaSlicer, with Rossmann, GamersNexus and the SFC weighing in -Roku and TCL hit with a class action for bricking TVs through software updates -DeepSeek V4 lands on Hugging Face and the local -AI homelab crowd are running it -Utah's SB 73 and the EU briefing that calls VPN use "a loophole that needs closing" -A husky in Saskatchewan walks herself to doggy daycare Chapters 00:00 Welcome back, Ed moves house & Stefano's at the Red Hat Summit 00:57 Apprise lands as an official Unraid plugin 05:41 Unraid 7.2.7 security backports 06:19 Unraid 7.3.0 stable, internal boot and TPM licensing 07:10 Merch spring sale 09:11 A tease about Unraid's base distribution switch 14:05 Community talking point: do you have to be on the latest major release? 18:30 Copy Fail kernel CVE 19:15 Dirty Frag 19:29 YellowKey, the BitLocker backdoor 22:55 Bitwarden CLI supply chain compromise 25:04 DAEMON Tools Lite trojanised installers 34:43 Microsoft Edge stored passwords in plaintext memory 37:51 Motherboard sales collapse 25% 41:03 Bambu Lab versus OrcaSlicer, Rossmann and GamersNexus jump in 46:26 Roku and TCL bricked-TV class action 50:26 DeepSeek V4 lands on Hugging Face 52:02 VPNs in the crosshairs, Utah SB 73 and the EU 53:36 A husky walks herself to doggy daycare 55:18 Sign-off What will you build with Unraid? Get Started with Unraid in 15 minutes or less: https://unraid.net/getting-started 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!

    56 min

  4. May 25

    Local AI on Unraid - The Stuff Nobody Tells You

    Local AI on your Unraid server isn't just chatbots, it's image generation, music, voice cloning, photo recognition, automatic transcription, and so much more, all running on hardware you already own. But where do you even start? In this video I walk through the whole landscape of local AI for Unraid users. What it actually is, the two completely different types you can run, and what hardware you really need to get going. This isn't a setup guide. Think of it as your mental map of local AI, so when you do start installing things, you'll actually understand what you're doing and why. We cover generative vs predictive AI, the three reasons people run AI locally (privacy, cost, control), real working examples on my own server, and a full walkthrough of the hardware tiers from CPU to high-end GPU, including which card I'd actually recommend you buy first and why. Key Links 🔗 Frigate (open source NVR with AI object detection). 🔗 Frigate live demo. 🔗 Speaches (Whisper + Kokoro container). 🔗 Ollama. 🔗 Open WebUI. 🔗 ComfyUI. ▶️ Related videos on the channel. 🔗 A-Eye (local photo renaming with AI). 🔗 Paperless AI (auto-tagging your documents). 💬 Want me to make a follow-up video benchmarking all of those GPUs with proper AI benchmark software? Drop a comment below and let me know. Hardware Recs USB Edge TPU ML Accelerator. NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB.NVIDIA RTX 5070. ⏱️ Timestamps 0:00 - Cold open: what local AI can actually do 2:13 - Welcome and what this video is (and isn't) 2:20 - Everything you just saw was generated locally 2:33 - What is local AI? Privacy, cost, control 3:00 - Generative vs predictive AI explained 3:25 - Frigate demo (predictive AI in action) 5:02 - The Google Coral and edge AI 5:22 - Quick tip: USB Coral vs PCIe Coral 5:50 - A-Eye: when predictive AI does need a GPU 6:35 - Whisper + Kokoro in one container (Speaches) 7:53 - Web UIs vs APIs: how local AI tools chain together 8:18 - OpenClaw: my own voice assistant built on Signal 9:50 - Ollama and Open WebUI for chatbots 10:50 - ComfyUI for image generation 11:34 - So what hardware do you actually need? 12:00 - VRAM, RAM and RAM speed for AI 14:02 - CPU tier 15:08 - Integrated GPU tier 16:07 - Dedicated GPUs: the lineup on the bench 17:01 - Benchmark video CTA 18:38 - Why the RTX 3060 12GB is the sweet spot 20:22 - The other Nvidia cards (2060, 2080 Ti, 5070, 5090) 22:06 - AMD and ROCm 22:43 - Intel Arc Pro B-series for local AI 23:30 - Edge AI recap 24:15 - A little secret about this video... What will you build with Unraid? Get Started with Unraid in 15 minutes or less. Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning we may earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.

    25 min

  5. May 4

    Unraid April 2026: X15 Server, 7.3 RC, SMB Plugin + More

    Everything that happened with Unraid in April 2026 in 6 minutes. This month: the X15 server is here, Unraid 7.3.0 hits RC, 7.2.5 lands for stable users, we spotlight the Custom SMB Shares plugin, and much more! X15 by 45HomeLab x Unraid: 15 bays, built from the ground up by both teams. Order yours: Specs: -Intel i7-14700 — 20 cores, 28 threads, integrated GPU handles hardware-accelerated transcoding with no discrete card needed -Gigabyte MW34-SP0 workstation board — Intel W680 chipset with ECC memory support, ASPEED AST2600 BMC for full IPMI remote management, 4x PCIe Gen4 M.2, 8x SATA, dual PCIe Gen5 slots for future GPU expansion -Arctic P12 Pro fans — quiet enough for home or office, enough airflow for full load -Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 Mini CPU cooler — full speed under load, no thermal throttling -Intel x550-T2 dual 10GbE NIC — fast file transfers over standard Cat6, plus dual onboard 2.5GbE and dedicated IPMI port -LSI 9400 HBA — 12Gb/s SAS, one of the most trusted storage controllers in the Unraid community -Corsair RM1000x — 1000W, 80+ Gold, fully modular, headroom for a GPU or additional hardware -16GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM — catches and corrects single-bit errors before they become data corruption -1TB Kingston NV3 NVMe boot drive — dedicated solid-state boot, no SD card or USB stick -Lifetime Unraid license included — $249 value! Order yours. Unraid 7.3.0-rc.1 is live with Internal Boot (NVMe, SSD, eMMC), a new onboarding wizard, ZFS/VM/storage improvements, and more. Stable is close. 🔒 Unraid 7.2.5 is out now with security and bug fixes covering a myriad of CVEs and quality-of-life improvements. All users should update:. App of the Month: Custom SMB Shares offers granular per-share SMB config, subfolder sharing, custom names, special characters, share cloning, and per-user permissions. Full setup video. 🌐 Cloudflare Tunnels vs NGINX Prefer to read this? Subscribe to the Unraid Monthly Digest What will you build with Unraid? Get Started with Unraid in 15 minutes or less.

    6 min

  6. Apr 17

    Unraid 7.3 NVMe Boot, 1st Official Server, + Supreme Court Saves the Internet | Ed&Stefano Unleashed

    In the April episode of Ed & Stefano Unleashed, we're talking the Unraid 7.3 beta with internal NVMe boot, a huge 45 HomeLab partnership for the first official Unraid server, backup strategies and why most of us are doing them wrong, a Supreme Court ruling that could have broken the internet, compromised routers and supply chain security scares, Intel's new 32GB Arc GPUs for under $1,000, smart TVs shoving ads into HDMI switching, Meta's AI agent going rogue, and a Neuralink patient playing World of Warcraft with his mind.We kick things off with Unraid 7.3 Beta, which finally lets you boot from NVMe or SSD instead of a USB flash drive, plus dedicated boot pool support and TPM 2.0-based license keys. Then the big announcement: a partnership with 45 HomeLab to create the first ever official Unraid server, purpose-built for media streaming, ZFS, VMs, and local AI, shipping with a lifetime license and ECC RAM this spring. The community chat dives deep into backup strategies, why parity is not a backup, the 3-2-1 rule, and why you should test your backups before you actually need them. Ed reveals he runs no parity on his main server, instead doing nightly rsync delta backups to a second parity-protected box. Episode Takeaways ◦ Unraid 7.3 Beta brings internal NVMe/SSD boot, dedicated boot pools, and TPM 2.0 license keys. Enable TPM2, not Secure Boot ◦ Official Unraid server with 45 HomeLab coming this spring. Lifetime license, ECC RAM, pre-orders soon ◦ Parity is not a backup. Use the 3-2-1 rule and don't forget Docker volumes and AppData ◦ Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in Cox v Sony: ISPs are not copyright gatekeepers ◦ FBI reports 369,000 compromised routers since 2020. ASUS routers hit by Cadnap malware. LiteLLM also compromised ◦ Intel Arc B70 (32GB) coming under $1,000. B65 also 32GB at around $700. Great for local AI ◦ Chuwei caught reprogramming BIOS to make older Ryzen CPUs report as newer chips. Full recall underway ◦ Hisense showing non-skippable ads when switching HDMI inputs. Vizio now requires a Walmart account ◦ Meta AI agent posted wrong info on an internal forum without permission and exposed confidential data ◦ NVIDIA DLSS 5 demo needed two 5090s. Community calling it an Instagram filter for games ◦ Cloudflare CEO says bot traffic will exceed human traffic by 2027 ◦ Neuralink patient playing World of Warcraft entirely by thought Chapters 0:00 Welcome and housekeeping 1:17 Unraid 7.3 Beta: internal NVMe boot and TPM 2.0 keys 3:53 45 HomeLab partnership: the first official Unraid server 6:18 Uncast updates: AI photo tool and Ollama for Intel GPUs 9:21 Community chat: backup strategies and the 3-2-1 rule 28:52 Supreme Court rules 9-0 in Cox v Sony 31:04 FBI compromised routers and LiteLLM security breach 34:41 Stefano's conspiracy: government backdoors in routers 39:03 Intel Arc B70 and B65: 32GB GPUs under $1,000 42:54 Chuwei caught faking laptop CPUs 47:06 Hisense HDMI ads and Vizio's Walmart account requirement 54:31 Meta AI agent goes rogue internally 56:58 Microsoft forces OneDrive on ClipChamp 1:03:08 Dead internet theory and AI content flooding YouTube 1:05:25 NVIDIA DLSS 5 roasted by the community 1:09:52 French Navy officer leaks carrier location via Strava 1:11:00 Neuralink patient plays WoW by thought 1:12:13 Closing thoughts and happy Easter 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!

    1h 15m

  7. Apr 6

    Unraid March Digest 2026

    In this month's digest, Stefano walks through everything that shipped in March, including the ‪@45HomeLab‬ Unraid Signature Series announcement, Unraid 7.3 Beta updates, and what nearly 3,000 of you told us in the 2026 customer survey. Links mentioned in this video: 45HomeLab +Unraid Signature Series Unraid 7.3.0 Beta 7.3.0-beta.2 Release Notes 2026 Customer Survey Results Prefer written? Subscribe to the Unraid Monthly Digest for about one email a month on all things Unraid. What will you build with Unraid? Get Started with Unraid in 15 minutes or less.

    6 min

  8. Mar 12

    RTX 5090 Power tips, Unraid Storage Done Right, + Huntarr Security Disaster | Ed&Stefano Unleashed

    In the March episode of Ed & Stefano Unleashed, we're talking Unraid storage layouts done right, the Huntarr security disaster, vibe coding and whether AI-generated code can be trusted, NVIDIA's latest driver chaos, the Windows 12 subscription rumour, smart TVs secretly turning your home into a botnet, and the ongoing hardware shortage hitting RAM and hard drives alike.  We kick things off with the new Unraid product portal, teases an upcoming local AI Uncast video, and reveals his new RTX 5090, which idles at just 7 watts. The community storage deep dive covers when to use XFS vs ZFS, why you should never format array drives as individual ZFS pools, and the one trap that can silently wipe data when adding an old drive.  Then the Huntarr security incident gets a full breakdown, including how a simple curl command exposed every API key in your entire *arr stack, and how to use AI agents to audit open source code before running it on your server. ⁠New Stirling PDF Video⁠ Episode Takeaways◦ Unraid product portal live at product.unraid.net for bugs and feature requests◦ RTX 5090 idles at 7W. Enable NVIDIA persistence mode to drop from P0 to  P8◦ XFS for your array, ZFS for irreplaceable data. Never format array drives as individual ZFS pools◦ Huntarr stored all *arr API keys unencrypted. Regenerate everything if you ran it◦ NVIDIA driver 595.71 stops fans spinning. P2000/P4000 users need the production v580 branch◦ Steam survey: Windows 11 down 10%, Windows 10 up. Linux gaming is coming◦ Windows 12 rumoured to be subscription-based and AI-focused (disputed live on air)◦ Microsoft banned "microslop" on their Discord, then shut the whole server down◦ Smart TV apps silently enrolling your home IP in AI proxy networks◦ Hard drives and RAM both surging in price. DDR4 128GB kits fetching £500+ in the UK Chapters0:00 Welcome and housekeeping2:04 New Unraid product portal2:29 Local AI Uncast teaser3:33 RTX 5090 idle power and NVIDIA persistence mode5:58 Stirling PDF mention6:09 Community storage deep dive: XFS, ZFS, and Unraid arrays20:06 Huntarr security incident: your entire *arr stack was exposed24:38 Vibe coding, AI-assisted development, and code review29:17 NVIDIA driver 595.71 kills GPU fans32:14 Legacy NVIDIA cards on Unraid: use the production branch34:58 NVIDIA hiring Linux gaming engineers: Proton and Vulkan36:40 Steam survey: Windows 10 up, Windows 11 down, Linux on the rise45:24 Windows 12: subscription-based, modular, and AI-focused45:59 The rumour gets disputed live on air49:41 Battlestate Games fined for storing Russian user data outside Russia52:30 App-forced insurance rant56:10 Microsoft bans "microslop" on Discord58:02 Copilot summarises confidential emails users never sent1:00:19 Smart TV apps as an AI proxy botnet1:04:09 Western Digital out of stock, hard drive prices surging1:07:00 RAM prices: sell your DDR4 now if you have spare1:10:46 New EUV chip technology could increase yields 50% by 2030 ⁠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! Other Ways to Connect with the Uncast Show Uncast Show WebsiteThe Uncast Show on Youtube

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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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    Unraid
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    2021 - 2026
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