The Uncast Show

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).

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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.

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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

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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

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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!

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
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Your Homelab Is a Mess… Fix It Like This
The SIMPLEST Guide to Set Up Jellyfin WITH Hardware Acceleration - Unraid
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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!