Ollama or LocalAI, and which one to actually install
Most people who want to run large language models (LLMs, the AI systems that generate text and code) on their own machine have heard of Ollama. You install it, type ollama run…
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FOSS Weekly: the Linux stories from week 26 worth your time
This is the week that Brave decided to give Linux users a free browser that costs $59.99 for everyone else, Canonical remembered that ARM64 servers exist, and a small tiling window manager…
Brave charges $60 for Origin. Linux users get it for nothing.
Brave launched a stripped-down browser called Origin this month. It is the same Chromium engine, the same shield blocking system, and the same update cadence as the flagship Brave Browser, but it…
Business email in 2026: four providers, twelve years of opinions
I have run a small consulting business on four different email providers over the last 12 years. Gmail, Outlook, Zoho Mail, and Tuta Mail (formerly Tutanota). Each one looked good at the…
Eight AI dev tools later, three earned a spot on my dock
Eight AI developer tools arrived in my evaluation queue in the last quarter. I installed all of them, used each one for at least a week on a real project, and three…
Google’s AI Search redesign eats more of the open web
At the I/O conference on May 19th, Google announced the biggest change to Search in over 25 years, and almost nobody outside the SEO industry noticed. The “Intelligent Search Box” pushes AI…
I Replaced My Claude Subscription With a 1.2B Model That Runs on My Phone
I paid Claude roughly $20 a month for everyday questions, weather lookups, and the occasional weekend study guide for my kid. Then I read Nolen Jonker’s piece on XDA Developers, where they…