Calibre levels up with an AI feature and other changes. This release introduces the 'Ask AI' tab in the e-book viewer, allowing users to highlight text and ask AI models questions. It also includes bug fixes and usability improvements.
This article details how to enable full eGPU acceleration on the Raspberry Pi 500+ with a 15-line patch, resulting in significant performance improvements for gaming and local LLMs. It covers the necessary hardware, software modifications, and benchmark results.
Canonical announced today that they will formally support the NVIDIA CUDA toolkit and also make it available via the Ubuntu repositories. This aims to simplify CUDA installation and usage on Ubuntu, particularly with the rise of AI development.
Distiller is a pocket Linux box that runs Claude Code 24/7, offering remote access via QR code. It provides a full Claude Code enabled VS Code environment and terminal session, along with hardware I/O access for developers, firmware engineers, and indie hackers.
This GitHub repository contains a collection of example files demonstrating various use cases and configurations for the llamafiles tools, including examples:
* **System Administration:** Scripts and configurations for Ubuntu, Raspberry Pi 5, and macOS.
* **LLM Interaction:** Examples of prompts and interactions with LLMs like Mixtral and Dolphin.
* **Text Processing:** Scripts for summarizing text, extracting information, and formatting output.
* **Development Tools:** Examples related to Git, Emacs, and other development tools.
* **Hardware Monitoring:** Scripts for monitoring GPU and NVMe drive status.
- Approximate Tokens, Words and Characters Calculator for LLM's and Text Trimmer — Simple calculator to estimate tokens for Large Language Models and text editor to trim text
- Text File Merger for LLM — This tool combines multiple text files into a single document, with clear separation between files
- PDF to TXT Converter — Convert PDF documents to plain text format for use with LLMs and text analysis
- HTML to TXT Converter — Remove HTML tags and extract clean text content for LLM processing
- LLM System Prompt Generator — Generate optimized system prompts for different LLM model sizes (3B, 33B, 70B, etc.)
- Creative Idea Generator — AI-powered brainstorming tool for generating creative solutions and ideas
LM Studio has released lms, a command-line interface (CLI) tool to load/unload models, start/stop the API server, and inspect raw LLM input. It is developed on GitHub and is MIT Licensed.
A ruby script calculates VRAM requirements for large language models (LLMs) based on model, bits per weight, and context length. It can determine required VRAM, maximum context length, or best bpw given available VRAM.
Hallux.ai is a platform offering open-source, LLM-based CLI tools for Linux and MacOS. These tools aim to streamline operations, enhance productivity, and automate workflows for professionals in production engineering, SRE, and DevOps. They also improve Root Cause Analysis (RCA) capabilities and enable self-sufficiency.