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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!
Episodes
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-bas...
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, D...
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,...
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...
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
-...
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 switchi...
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
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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...
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In the February episode of Ed & Stefano Unleashed, we cover a wide-ranging set of topics shaping the future of self-hosting, open source, and consumer technology. From new Unraid features and internal boot teasers to the rise of local AI workloads, this episode blends practical homelab insights with big-picture tech trends.
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@SPXLabs is back to bring you all the main highlights for Unraid in January 2026 including:
1. Unraid Internal Boot First Look
2. The 2026 Unraid Customer Survey is here! Let us know your feedback in 5-10 minutes and score 20% off Unraid Merch for your troubles!
3. Apprise-Go is Live! Learn More here.
4. January App of the Month= Paperless NGX!
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We kick off 2026 by revisiting the biggest Unraid 7 changes (native ZFS, optional Unraid array, UI refresh, built-in file manager, official API) and what actually matters in daily homelab use: foreign ZFS imports, VM snapshots, GPU acceleration, and where containers still win on efficiency as RAM prices climb.
We also cover:
- HDMI 2.1 on Linux (what’s blocking it) + why DisplayPort may be the practical choice
- RAM market chaos...
In the final Unraid digest of 2025, @SPXLabs brings you everything that went down with Unraid in December 2025 and gives a peek at what's coming for Unraid in 2026!
Also, don't miss the Unraid Year in Review for more details on what changed for Unraid and what's coming in the new year!
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🎄 Holiday Deal Alert
All Unraid merch is 15% off through December—perfect time to gear up or grab something for the Unraider in your life.
🆕 Unraid OS 7.2.1 Released
The latest update to Unraid 7.2.1 is live and packed with fixes, refinements, and performance improvements.
Check out what's new: https://unraid.net/blog/unraid-7-2-1
Ed and Stefano are live to discuss the alarming Cox Supreme Court case that could turn ISPs into copyright police, a massive Red Hat breach, and why Google's new developer rules threaten F-Droid and software freedom.
The episode kicks off with major security and privacy concerns, including the massive Red Hat GitLab breach that exposed data from 800 organisations, and Microsoft's strange new AI face recognition limits in One...
Unraid 7.2.0 Stable is out now!
We briefly walk you through the major upgrades like:
- fully responsive WebGUI
- built‑in open API
- RAIDZ expansion
- Broader filesystem support including ext2/3/4, NTFS, and exFAT
Links mentioned:
- Full release blog: https://unraid.net/blog/unraid-7-2-0
- Tour video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frtauLMO3-c
- Cyber Weekend Sale starting Nov 28 – subscribe: https://newsletter.un...
Welcome to the September 2025 Unraid Digest! Stefano Partida walks through all the latest updates, including the release of Unraid 7.2 Release Candidate 1
7.2 is packed with new features, UI enhancements, and major under-the-hood improvements.
🔹 Highlights this month:
- Unraid 7.2 RC1 now available — with a fully responsive web UI
- RAID-Z expansion — grow your ZFS pool one disk at a time without downtime
- Expanded file...
The Unraid Content Creator OGs unite in a a long-overdue chat about Unraid, content creation, real-world homelab security, rack tours, future video collabs, and more.
Ramy shares how a personal need led him to Unraid and Docker, why the community pulled him back to YouTube, and what’s on deck for Ibracorp. We compare media server stacks (Plex vs Jellyfin vs Emby), talk reverse proxies vs. VPN-only access, walk through Ra...
August and September were massive months for Unraid!
We celebrated our 20th Anniversary Birthday Bash with milestone events, community content, and big product updates. Here’s what went down:
🎉 20th Anniversary Highlights
- Our first-ever live 20th Anniversary event
- A special anniversary video from Spaceinvader One (Ed)
- The launch of the brand-new Unraid Merch Store
🖥️ Product Updates: Unraid OS 7.2 Betas
Unraid OS 7....
Ed and Stefano are back with a packed episode that covers everything from Unraid’s latest release to the unpredictable frontier of AI.
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The show kicks off with Unraid news: the 7.2 public beta introduces RAIDZ expansion, a fully responsive web GUI, and new file system support (ext2/3/4, NTFS, exFAT). They also spotlight the brand-new API Feature Bounty Program, designed to let the community ...
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