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St. Louis UNIX Users Group | Your Forum for exchanging information about open standards, open systems, open source, products, services and architectures |
Saint Louis Unix Users GroupThe 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, and students. Also, many who are interested in Unix, Unix-like Operating Systems, Linux, BSD and other Free Open Source Software (FOSS) applications, products, projects and services. We have met continuously since we incorporated in July 1992. All of our meetings are free and open to the public. There is no individual membership fee. Monthly Technical PresentationsConnection instructions will first be sent to our mailing lists and then linked here . We will open the remote session at about 6:00 PM, Central Time, so that you can join early to test your microphone, screen sharing and video camera . Then we start at 6:30 PM with our BASE introductory level session ( often focused on personal computing ); which may include either amazing graphical packages, blinking lights, command line wonders, demonstrations of useful applications, displays of newly discovered web sites, major resolution of long standing anomalies, quantum discoveries, smoke and mirrors, superb tutorials, or shifts in both time and space. Sometime after 7:00 PM we attempt a quick welcome, introductions, announcements, current events of interest, and a general CALL FOR HELP (Questions and Answers) segment. Sometime after 7:15 PM, we may take a short break before our MAIN topic ( often focused on enterprise computing ), Where!
When!Wednesday, August 13th, 2025From 6:30PM till 9:00PM Central Daylight Time (CDT) UTC-05We will open the remote session at about 6:00 PM CDT, so that you can join early to test your microphone, screen and video sharing.Next scheduled meeting dates
What!Something fundamental, introductory, instructive, short, simple or small. BASE Topic: Various TricksPresenter: Lee_Lammert Stan_Reichardt and others.A "Keyboard Karaoke" style session telling us about some useful and neat tools. During live face-to-meetings we would sometimes have volunteers use the terminal attached to our projector. The idea was that volunteers would demonstrate quick, short, simple commands or tools. We have a short talk planned about VIM's "spell-checker" private-dictionary. Also another using the built-in BASH "fc" command that lists, edits, and executes previous commands from the history lists. Others may wish to join us, sharing their screens with their own interesting discoveries. Normally either an Abstract/Background/Details/History/Outline/Summary/Walk-through will be listed when available. Then something more advanced, detailed, important, new, profound, significant, timely or useful. MAIN Topic: Local LLMs for Local AIPresenter: Andrew_DennerLocal 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. ======= Editor's note: Below is from Ollama vs GPT: Comparing AI Models for Secure Deployment...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. ========================================= Normally either an Abstract/Background/Details/History/Outline/Summary/Walk-through will be listed when available. Possible Future TopicsSLUUG Annual Meeting and ElectionsAs directed by SLUUG By-Laws, a required annual meeting was held 12 February 2025. Attending any two SLUUG sponsored meetings in calendar year 2024 qualifies you as a voting member. Ballots for February 2025 elections are now available for secret balloting. An absentee ballot could be printed for mailing to us. You might be able to use a LibreOffice Writer ballot file that could be printed and mailed to us. Your ballot must reach us for counting by our BOARD well before 3 March 2025 (the next STEERCOM meeting). Attending any two SLUUG sponsored meetings in calendar year 2023 qualified members to vote. Mail in balloting was held thru out February 2024. That resulted in Ken Johnson and Sean Twiehaus being elected to our Board of Governors. James Conroy continued as Chairman of the Saint Louis Linux Users Group. As directed by SLUUG By-Laws, the next required annual meeting will be held 11 February 2026. Other independent, loosely affiliated SLUUG sponsored Special Interest Groups:SLUUG Sponsored meetingsClick here if you do not see sponsored meeting mini-calendarContact SLUUG if you have a presentation you would like to have considered for selection. This site hosted by the Saint Louis Unix Users Group |