The Uncast Show

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

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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!

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.
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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...

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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
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