Ed & Stefano Unleashed: A Year Of Unraid Upgrades, Open-Source Wins, Rising RAM Prices, And The Steam Machine Rumors

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 + counterfeit return headaches
• Plex transcoding comparison: P2000 vs iGPU vs Intel Arc + AV1 wins
• GitHub walking back a plan to charge for orchestrating self-hosted runners
• A GPL enforcement case (Vizio) and what it could mean for compliance expectations
• Privacy creep: ACR TVs, GPS-locked streaming, and “smart” appliances collecting too much
• Practical exits: self-hosting where it counts (Nextcloud, LibreOffice, etc.)

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