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Google's Gemma 4 finally made me care about running local LLMs

… Our local LLM expert, Adam Conway, talked all about the nitty-gritty details in a separate article . But I do want to briefly explain how local LLMs actually work, because it makes everything else in this piece make a lot more sense. …

Apr 18, 2026 · Mahnoor Faisal

Ollama is still the easiest way to start local LLMs, but it's the worst way to keep running them

… Quiz 8 Questions · Test Your Knowledge Ollama & Local LLMs Trivia Challenge Think you know your way around running AI models locally — put your Ollama expertise to the test! …

Apr 8, 2026 · Adam Conway

I ran a full LLM on my phone with no internet, and it's more useful than I expected

… So, after trying out a local LLM and being disappointed, I let the first impression be my last for a long, long time. However, seeing how much the other folks at XDA rave about local LLMs made me feel like I was missing something. …

Apr 20, 2026 · Mahnoor Faisal

My local LLM rewrote my resume better than ChatGPT, and it's not even close

… Ollama Ollama is a platform to download and run various open-source large language models LLM on your local computer. See at Ollama Related Google's Gemma 4 finally made me care about running local LLMs Why did I ignore local LLMs for so long? …

May 7, 2026 · Samarveer Singh

I tested 3 local LLMs on my actual work — and each model won at something different

… Related I finally found a local LLM I want to use every day and it's not for coding Local AI that actually fits into my day Before we get into it My setup and what I’m working with I’m running an RTX 3070 with 8GB VRAM, which gets the job done, and I run my models in LM Studio. …

Apr 21, 2026 · Nolen Jonker

I turned my phone into a local LLM server, and it handles vision, voice, and tool calls

… It's not replacing my local LLM Qwen3 Coder Next is still my go-to I should be clear about what my phone isn't . It isn't replacing the Proxmox host that runs my local LLM. …

Apr 21, 2026 · Adam Conway

I ran Gemma 4 (26B) on a 10-year-old-GPU, and it's reliable enough to replace the cloud

… What’s more, my local LLMs barely contribute anything to my energy bills. My LLM tasks cause my GTX 1080 to spin up in bursts, not sustained workloads. …

May 10, 2026 · Ayush Pande

Google's free Gemma 4 model runs on hardware you probably already own

… Related My self-hosted LLMs are a lot more than just a chat replacement – here's how they boost my productivity My local LLMs are enough to replace cloud platforms for my productivity tasks You don't need powerful hardware to run local LLMs like Gemma 4 With the release of Gemma 4, Google has made … …

May 27, 2026 · Joe Rice-Jones

I finally found an open-source local LLM that actually competes with cloud AI

… It's what I already run all my other local models through because the simple install and GUI makes local LLMs more approachable. …

May 12, 2026 · Nolen Jonker

Chrome is quietly downloading a 4GB AI file without telling you, says researcher

… Hanff notes that he's also experienced similar behavior across several Windows Chrome installations, and notes that removing it is difficult though there is a simple way to delete it permanently : The user deletes, Chrome re-downloads, the user deletes again, Chrome re-downloads again. …

May 7, 2026 · Patrick O'Rourke

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