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		notadoc 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Llama.cpp guide – Running LLMs locally on any hard... Ollama is so easy, what's the benefit to Llama.cpp?

SteelPh0enix 7 months ago [–]

If you're satisfied with ollama, I don't think there's a point to go "lower" and use llama.cpp directly.

Unless you want to tinker.

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