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The Uncast Show is a technology podcast hosted by Unraid, with 72 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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

  Aug 17, 202641 min

  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.

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

  Aug 7, 202654 min

  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.

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

  Jul 8, 20261h 21m

  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 Summit The one container you couldn't live without, and the most underrated one Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 switched back on Malware faking nuclear-weapon text to slip past AI code scanners Sony deleting 551 purchased movies from PlayStation libraries GTA 6's "physical" edition is just a download code in a box PlayStation ending physical disc production in 2028 Amazon killing Fire Stick sideloading with the move to Vega OS BitLocker turned into a ransomware weapon using built-in tools FortiBleed exposes admin credentials for around 75,000 Fortinet firewalls RubyGems and npm add a cooldown to blunt supply chain attacks Arch's AUR flooded with 1,500+ malicious packages Steam Machine priced, and SteamOS now installable on any PC AMD quietly removing, then restoring, Ryzen memory encryption Flock cameras that fingerprint your Bluetooth, AirPods and even pet chips YouTube's AI cleanup catching genuine faceless creators Ukraine'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!

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  June Digest 2026

  Jul 6, 20264 min

  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: Apprise 100+ 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 & Unboxing Your 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

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

  Jun 17, 20261h 16m

  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 discounts If your Unraid server died, what would you actually restore? Homelab creep, old appdata and why a rebuild can be useful Community Apps versus Docker Compose for rebuilding services Low-power servers, local AI and the price of new workstation GPUs Anthropic Fable/Mythos restrictions and what they might mean AI hype cycles, GPT-2 comparisons and model safety marketing Developers hiding instructions in code to block AI scrapers Why AI hallucinations can become self-reinforcing FROST, the browser attack that fingerprints activity through SSD timing Red Hat npm packages hit by a credential-stealing supply chain attack Chrome Manifest V2, uBlock Origin Lite, Brave and Pi-hole Google AI search opt-outs and the “-AI” search trick SanDisk SSDs, DRAM concerns, USB boot, internal boot and SATA DOMs Why letting Claude SSH into Unraid is probably a bad idea A United flight turns around after a Bluetooth device is named “bomb” Chapters 00:00 Welcome, Unraid summer sale and server disaster recovery 00:56 If your Unraid server died tomorrow 02:03 Pterodactyl, containers and what not to rebuild 06:08 Backups, homelab creep and appdata cleanup 10:01 Low-power rebuilds and RTX Pro Blackwell pricing 11:32 Anthropic Fable/Mythos restrictions 14:07 Anthropic IPO questions and AI regulation 18:04 AI hype cycles, GPT-2 comparisons and AI credit cards 22:13 Spark PCs, Mythos and local AI agent machines 23:44 Developers booby-trap code against AI 26:12 Ubuntu FIPS, missing knowledge and hallucination loops 29:07 FROST, SSD fingerprinting from the browser 32:57 Red Hat npm supply chain compromise 37:39 Chrome Manifest V2 and ad blocking 41:28 Firefox, Brave, Pi-hole and browser choices 45:27 Riverside, Chrome-only services and browser lock-in 49:15 Google AI search opt-outs and the “-AI” trick 54:04 SanDisk SSDs and DRAM concerns 56:55 Internal boot, USB boot and SATA DOMs 1:02:14 SRAM, DRAM and AI data centre memory pressure 1:06:06 Should Claude SSH into Unraid? 1:10:18 Recovering broken VM XML and GPU passthrough 1:11:04 United flight turns around over a Bluetooth device name 1:15:18 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!

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