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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. 3d ago

    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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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!

  4. 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

  5. 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!

  6. 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.

  7. 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!

  8. 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.

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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
    78
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Unraid
  • Show Website
    The Uncast Show

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