Unraid August Digest 2026

<p>In this month&#39;s Unraid August Digest, we break down the biggest news of the month — the move to a new Fedora-based foundation — plus the Unraid 7.4.0 beta, two new faces on the team, fresh merch, and the best community content from around the web.</p><p><a href="https://newsletter.unraid.net/p/unraid-august-digest-da22" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Read the full August Digest.</a></p><p>📰 THE BIG NEWS: UNRAID 8</p><p>Unraid 8 is migrating from Slackware to a modern, Fedora-based foundation built on Universal Blue&#39;s uCore. The goal: faster security updates, broader hardware support out of the box, built-in backups, and native Docker Compose — an immutable, image-based OS you can update atomically and roll back in one step. </p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/unraid-beta" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Want in early? Sign up for the Unraid 8 beta waitlist here.</a></p><p>🧪 UNRAID 7.4.0 BETA 1</p><p>Now available for testing — a shared task tray for background operations across plugins, Docker, and VMs; multiple custom networks for Docker templates; a Docker memory-limit control in the UI; configurable physical power-button behavior; a flash backup you can download straight to the server with progress tracking; plus storage and web UI fixes, new Realtek Wi-Fi firmware, a kernel update, and security-focused package updates.</p><p>👋 NEW TEAM MEMBERS</p><p>Two roles announced back in June have been filled: Alex Kretzschmar joins as Head of Product Marketing (longtime community member and co-founder of LinuxServer.io), and Scott Schwarz joins as Head of Operations &amp; Automation, bringing 20 years of experience helping companies build to scale.</p><p>👕 NEW MERCH</p><p>The new &quot;Unraid and Chill&quot; tee is here — and all t-shirts are on sale for $20 each while you&#39;re there.</p><p>— CHAPTERS —</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZtI31FLtaQ" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">0:00</a> Intro</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZtI31FLtaQ&t=20s" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">0:20</a> The big news: Unraid 8 announced</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZtI31FLtaQ&t=24s" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">0:24</a> Why Unraid 8 is special: moving to Fedora</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZtI31FLtaQ&t=42s" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">0:42</a> What is uCore? (batteries included)</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.