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In the October episode of Ed & Stefano Unleashed, we kick things off with the brand new Unraid X4 server, the latest Unraid betas, and a big thank you to ich777. Then we ask a question every home labber should think about: could your family actually use your server if you weren’t around? Ed and Stefano take a close look at the X4, a 4-bay Signature Series server with AV1 transcoding and room for a GPU, and talk through Mover finally preserving hard links in the 7.4.0 beta. The community topic covers documenting your home lab, encryption keys, and making sure your family can still get to photos and important documents without you. Plus two new tools worth trying, Red Kite and Connected Clients. The second half moves into tech news, including Samsung’s AI fridges being bricked by an update, dynamic pricing and supermarket WiFi tracking, LG’s smart TV data collection, running bigger local AI models on your own hardware, and what an OpenAI forum hack teaches us about securing our own self hosted services. Episode Takeaways -The Unraid X4: 4 bays, AV1 transcoding, and space for a GPU, from $1199 -Mover now preserves hard links in Unraid 7.4.0 beta -Thank you ich777 for years of plugins, drivers, and game server containers -Could your family access your server if you weren’t there? -Why you should document your home lab and plan for encryption keys -Red Kite and Connected Clients: two new tools to keep an eye on -Samsung AI fridges bricked by a test firmware update -Dynamic pricing and how free supermarket WiFi is used for tracking -LG smart TVs, data collection, and proxy apps using your internet -Running large local AI models using system RAM and mixture of experts -Perplexity’s new local plus cloud AI stack -OpenAI’s forum hack and why you should segment your home lab networks -Switzerland trials OpenDesk as Europe moves away from Microsoft -Where the Unraid name actually came from Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:37 The New Unraid X4 Signature Series Server 06:44 Unraid 7.3.3 RC2 and 7.4.0 Beta: Mover Preserves Hard Links 08:40 Creator Summit and a Big Thank You to ich777 12:02 Community Topic: Could Your Family Use Your Server Without You? 23:35 Red Kite: A New Monitoring and Kill Switch Container 26:48 Connected Clients Plugin 27:39 Samsung AI Fridges Bricked by an Update 32:40 Dynamic Pricing and Supermarket WiFi Tracking 40:18 LG Smart TVs: Data Collection, Microphones and Proxy Apps 45:55 Qwen, Local AI and Running Bigger Models on Your GPU 50:19 TiVo Ends Commercial Skipping 55:45 Perplexity’s Local and Cloud AI Stack 58:10 OpenAI Forum Hacked Through an Image Upload 1:00:58 Securing Your Home Lab: Docker Networks and IoT VLANs 1:04:49 The Uncola and Where the Unraid Name Came From 1:09:03 Switzerland Trials OpenDesk as Europe Moves Off Microsoft 1:16:14 Happy Story: New Zealand’s Kakapo Population Grows 1:19:10 Wrap UpWhat 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! #unraid #selfhosting #homelab

Welcome to the Unraid September Digest 2026 — packed into 5 minutes. Stefano walks through the latest release candidates and betas, a wave of security fixes, a brand new X4 server launch, and the app of the month. Prefer reading? The full written digest is here.Subscribe for one email a month covering everything Unraid. 📦 Unraid ReleasesUnraid 7.3.3 RC1 and RC2 shipped alongside 7.4.0 Beta 2 and Beta 3. RC2 includes 10 OpenSSL CVEs, 6 Samba fixes, 4 PHP patches, and 1 for Nginx — plus a Linux kernel bump to 6.6.52 and a Docker engine update. Beta 3 carries many of the same fixes and adds major improvements to Mover, Docker container templates, and a new shared task tray for background operations. Stay tuned for Stables soon! 🔒 Security Fixes-10 CVEs patched in OpenSSL-6 Samba vulnerabilities addressed-4 PHP security fixes-Nginx security update-Unraid API now rejects unsafe redirect URI schemes-UPN security fix included 🛠 What's New in 7.4.0-Beta.3-Mover now preserves hard links with progress tracking enabled-Docker container templates support multiple custom networks-Background operations from plugins, Docker, and VMs managed via shared task tray-Plugin update checks now run independently — slow plugins no longer block the plugins page-Hyper-V kernel support added: storage, dynamic memory, keyboard, and virtual socket modules-Configurable power button: shut down, reboot, or do nothing-File Manager copy/move operations fixed for symlink depth issues-SHFS deadlock fix for concurrent file lock requests 🖥 45Homelab x Unraid X4 — New Signature Series ServerThe X4 is a compact, quiet home lab system built straight from Unraid community feedback.-Supports 4× 3.5" drives-Intel Quick Sync for CPU transcoding-SFX PSU, upgradeable to 650W with GPU-13.5" × 5.7" × 11.7" footprint, ~23 lb with drivesStarting at $1,199 — Order Yours Now 🎮 App of the Month: CraftyHost your own Minecraft server with full player management, scheduled backups, and Tailscale support — no port forwarding required. Includes a downloadable Unraid-themed world. 👕 Merch of the MonthThe Proxy Pullover — built for those chilly server room nights and available in 13 colors. What will you build with Unraid?Get Started with Unraid in 15 minutes or less. #Unraid #HomeServer #NAS #Selfhosted #Homelab #Linux #Docker #Minecraft #45Drives #SecurityUpdates

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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!

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.

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!

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.

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.

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!

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.