6:00pm Zoom room opens. Test your mic, camera, chat with people...
*~6:30pmBASE* Topic: Various tricks
"Keyboard Karaoke" telling us about some useful, neat tools.
Short talks planned on vim's "spell-checker" private-dictionary. Also the
"fc" command lists, edits, & executes previous commands from the history
lists.
Presenters: Lee, Stan, & any volunteers.
~7:00pm announcement
~7:15pm
*MAIN* Topic: *Local LLMs for Local AI*
Presenter: Andrew Denner
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sluug.org/bio/Andrew_Denner&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw0eS8fRhSUAqcg7OlWWgdVf>
Local for fun and (hopefully saving) profit.
Learn how to get the most out of local LLMs (Large Language Models) with
Ollama, uv, and VS
Code—fast setups, useful tasks, and a workflow that feels good. From
experiments to real savings, we'll explore how to make local AI truly work
for you.
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Editor's note:
Below is from *Ollama vs GPT: Comparing AI Models for Secure Deployment*
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.bluecrystal.com.au/news/tech/ollama-vs-gpt/%23:~:text%3DOllama%2520sources%2520public%2520datasets%2520like,limits%2520visibility%2520into%2520dataset%2520specifics.&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw0L-Ts6VZV0UT_kOvB-Bk3h>...and
other Google searches.
Ollama is *a locally deployed AI model runner, designed to allow users to
download and execute large language models (LLMs) directly on their
personal computer, such as Linux, MacBook, or MS-Win machine*.
Ollama sources public datasets like CommonCrawl, C4, and The Pile, making
it transparent and auditable for open-source usage. * OpenAI's GPT* models
are trained on a broader set of proprietary and public internet text up to
2021, which may contribute to GPT's versatility but limits visibility into
dataset specifics.Yes, Ollama models are free. Ollama focuses on providing
access to open-source large language models (LLMs) that are free to
download and use locally on your computer. Ollama and Llama are related
but distinct concepts in the realm of large language models (LLMs). Ollama
is a platform for running LLMs locally, while Llama is a family of
open-source LLMs developed by Meta.
The name stands for *Omni-Layer Learning Language Acquisition Model*.
UV is a high-performance "Python package manager" developed by Astral, the
team behind the Ruff linter. UV is written in Rust.
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The *URL* link to connection instructions for this meetng is posted earlier
on the day of the meetng, at the above home page. It is the link
called "*linked
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web
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refreshed each time you check the web page for the instructions.
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- We will open the remote session at about *6:00 PM*, so that you can join
early to test sharing your microphone, screen and video camera.
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Meetings are every 2nd Wednesday of the month *from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM.*
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The *Saint Louis Unix Users Group *(*SLUUG*) is an IRS 501c(6) designated
not-for-profit professional association dedicated to education and
communication among computer users. SLUUG members include many Linux and
UNIX professionals, Networking experts, System experts, hobbyists,
retirees, students, plus many others who are interested in Unix, Unix-like
Operating Systems, Linux, BSD and other Free Open Source Software (FOSS)
applications, products, projects and services.
*SLUUG* is your forum for exchanging information about OPEN standards, OPEN
systems, OPEN source, products, services and architectures.
We usually start the general meeting with our *BASE* introductory level
session (often focused on personal computing), which may include either
simple tutorials, displays of newly discovered web sites, command line
wonders, demonstrations of useful applications, amazing graphical packages,
major resolution of long standing anomalies, blinking lights, or quantum
shifts in both time and space. Then we will have our usually quick welcome,
introduction, administrative announcements, and a Call For Help - Questions
and Answers Period. After all that, we may take a break before our *MAIN*
event.
