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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 OneDrive. Ed and Stefano also dive deep into the Cox Communications Supreme Court case, expressing serious concern that it could force ISPs to become copyright police and threaten the future of VPNs. They also cover Google's new developer verification rules, which pose an existential threat to open-source app stores like F-Droid. Ed also shares a personal discovery about a long-standing issue he's had with Docker container networking and Nginx, explaining why case sensitivity can cause unexpected problems for self-hosters.

On the hardware and industry front, the hosts discuss the worrying trend of lock screen ads on budget smartphones, a scary incident with a swelling Samsung Galaxy Ring battery, and the massive 10-gigawatt AI chip deal between OpenAI and Broadcom that highlights the huge power demands of modern AI.


LINKS Discussed:

Unraid Merch Store


Red Hat GitLab Breach


Microsoft OneDrive AI Face Recognition


Cox Communications Supreme Court Case


Australia Implements World's Strictest Social Media Age Ban


F-Droid Faces Existential Threat from Google Developer Registration Requirements

OpenAI and Broadcom Announce 10 Gigawatt Custom AI Chip Deal


Spotify Partners with Record Labels for AI Music Tools


Waymo Announces London Driverless Taxi Service for 2026


Samsung Galaxy Ring Battery Swelling Incident


Lock Screen Advertisements Coming to Budget Smartphones


Jamf Acquired by Francisco Partners

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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
  
  
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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 system support (EXT, NTFS, exFAT)
• SSO + OIDC login with your Unraid.net account
• VM improvements: virtual sound card emulation, multi-monitor support
• Networking upgrades: Docker IPv6 ULAs, Thunderbolt 4 auto-authorization
• Linux USB Creator Tool now available!
• New Unraid API + community-driven bounty program for developers
  
  

💡 Pro Tip: Always update your plugins (especially Unraid Connect & Nvidia drivers) before upgrading from Beta → RC to prevent conflicts.

🎥 Bonus Content:

 Watch Ed & Stefano Unleashed — Live from Alabama!
where the two reunite after two years to talk Unraid, homelabs, and what’s next.

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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 Ramy’s rack and Ed’s upcoming encrypted-array auto-unlock plugin, and swap practical security tips for Unraiders.

We also announce upcoming Spaceinvader One × Ibracorp collabs—drop your ideas in the comments so we make the videos you want!

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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 7.2.0-beta.2 and beta.3 introduced some of the biggest updates yet:

• A responsive WebGUI for mobile and multi-screen setups
• A built-in Unraid API for automation and integrations
• ZFS RAIDZ pool expansion, letting you grow one disk at a time
• New filesystem support for Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, NTFS, and exFAT
• Single sign-on login with Google, Microsoft, and more

🎥 Community Content

Unraid creators also kept the momentum going:

• IBRACORP returned with Unraid Zero to Hero, a new server tour, and other tutorials
• Spaceinvader One and others shared guides on setup, backups, and advanced tips

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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 build features and claim rewards. Along the way, Stefano shares how his sick week and late candles almost derailed him, while Ed recounts his PFsense router failure and recovery.

The discussion then widens: compatibility issues with BitLocker-encrypted drives, the mystery of Phison SSD BSOD errors, and Linus Torvalds’ sharp rebuke of a Google engineer’s RISC-V patch. From there it’s on to the AI Wild West—ChatGPT5 vs Grok vs Gemini, the risks of bad prompts, the promise of AI-powered image editing, and the unsettling questions of AI hallucinations and sentience.

Rounding things out, the duo covers security breaches, counterfeit storage scams, and why consumers still struggle with delivery services. They highlight privacy-first self-hosted tools like Stirling PDF and Paperless-ngx, revisit the resurgence of piracy fueled by streaming costs, and debate the future of broadband: Starlink’s reach vs. fiber’s reliability.

• Unraid celebrated its 20th anniversary with discounts and a new Feature Bounty Program.
• Unraid 7.2 adds RAIDZ expansion, a mobile-friendly GUI, and Windows/NAS file system support.
• BitLocker drives must be decrypted before adding to Unraid.
• Phison SSD firmware issues are causing BSODs and drive dropouts.
• Linus Torvalds sharply criticized a Google engineer’s RISC-V patch.
• ChatGPT, Grok, and Gemini compared for performance and image editing capabilities.
• AI hallucinations and poor prompts can create dangerous outcomes.
• Apple’s ecosystem integrates smoothly but locks in users.
• Security breaches and counterfeit drives reveal consumer risks.
• Delivery services continue to frustrate despite progress.
• Self-hosting apps like Stirling PDF and Paperless-ngx enhance privacy and control.
• Piracy resurges as streaming costs climb.
• Broadband’s future is being contested between Starlink and fiber.

00:00 – Cold open & PFsense disaster recovery
 02:27 – Unraid turns 20
 02:57 – New Unraid API Feature Bounty Program
 04:08 – How bounties work: browse, claim, build, and get rewarded
 06:04 – Unraid 7.2 highlights: RAIDZ expansion, mobile GUI, NTFS/exFAT import
 09:39 – Adding existing disks & parity rebuilds
 11:34 – BitLocker drives and Unraid compatibility
 13:02 – Phison SSD BSOD saga explained
 17:55 – Linus Torvalds vs Google engineer
 22:04 – AI roundup: ChatGPT5, Grok, Gemini “Nano Banana”
 29:08 – Apple vs Windows ecosystems
 34:54 – Macs at work and ecosystem lock-in
 40:45 – Android ↔ Mac file transfers and KDE Connect
 46:16 – Google AI overviews gone wrong
 48:09 – YouTube “complaints”
 49:33 – AI missteps: bromism, bad prompts, vending machine hallucinations
 58:40 – Security updates: Exchange zero-day, Salesforce breach
 01:00:11 – Fake/refurb drives, Chia fallout, Amazon risks
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This month , we’re celebrating 20 years of Unraid OS with new features, major community events, and a limited-time sale. From the launch of Unraid 7.2.0-beta.1 to our biggest giveaway ever, there’s a lot to unpack.

In this episode:
– The 20th Anniversary Sale: 20% off licenses, upgrades, and all merch
– How to enter the Show Us Your Server competition
– What’s new in Unraid 7.2.0-beta.1, including the mobile app, API, and Home Assistant integration
– A look at the new ESP32-powered Unraid Monitor
– Community highlights and forum threads you shouldn’t miss

Links & Show Notes:
– Merch Store → https://merch.unraid.net
– Live Event RSVP → https://unraid.net/blog/20-days-of-unraid
– Show Us Your Server → https://unraid.net/blog/show-us-your-server
– Unraid 7.2.0-beta.1 Release → https://unraid.net/blog/unraid-7-2-0-beta.1

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Uncast – June 2025 Digest

In this month’s Uncast Digest, host Stefano recaps everything that went down in the Unraid world this June.

We cover the latest stable releases—Unraid 7.1.3 and 7.1.4—featuring major improvements to networking, virtual machines, Docker, and storage.

Highlights include:

• Why you should upgrade to 7.1.4
• Fixes for Wi-Fi networking, Docker IPs, and VM MAC assignments
• Better mover behavior and improvements related to hard links

Watch the full June Digest episode on YouTube

Other Uncast Episodes You Shouldn’t Miss:
• Unraid 7.1 Deep Dive → Watch Now
• Behind-the-Scenes with Unraid’s co-CEO and API Director → Watch Now

 Plus:

• A sneak peek at Unraid’s 20th Anniversary coming in August
• App of the Month: User Scripts Enhanced Plugin 

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In this special episode of The Uncast Show, we go behind the scenes at Unraid as the platform approaches its 20th anniversary. 

Co-CEO Tiffany Jones and Director of API Platforms & Cloud Services, Eli Bosley join host Ed Rawlings for an honest and insightful conversation about how Unraid has evolved—from its humble beginnings in a garage to becoming a global platform powering homelabs, NAS systems, media servers, and virtual machines.

We cover:

• Why Unraid moved away from hardware sales
• The shift to a sustainable licensing model
• Growing a fully remote team from the community
• Building the upcoming public API
• Improving onboarding and security
• A brand-new backup system in the works
• What’s next for the OS, the UI, and the distro base

Plus: We answer community questions and share behind-the-scenes clips from our latest team off-site.

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In this episode, Ed and Stefano explore the real-world challenges of running tech YouTube channels—from the time commitment behind content creation to upcoming innovations on their platforms. They dig into technical topics like hard links, backup strategies, and the latest Unraid updates, while also addressing broader issues such as router security, changes to Microsoft Authenticator, and how AI is becoming part of everyday life.

The discussion continues with a look at YouTube Premium’s impact on creators, new hardware innovations from Computex, the evolution of graphics cards, and the future of cooling solutions. They also reflect on the Mandela Effect, the expectations placed on open source software, and Plex’s controversial data policies—before wrapping up with thoughts on the direction of their podcast.



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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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