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LM Studio's 'force MoE weights onto CPU' setting: fit a 30B model on an 8GB GPU

It started as a toggle and became a layer slider in LM Studio 0.4.0. Where it lives, what it moves, the number to set on an 8, 12 or 16GB card, and why Mac MLX models don't have it.

Aliteq Team · 3d ago · 8 min

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Ollama vs llama.cpp vs LM Studio vs vLLM: Pick by Who's Using It

One person on one machine, or a team hitting one server? That single question decides it. Then licence, GPU and Mac support, and the API your app talks to, all read from each project's own docs.

Aliteq Team · Oct 4 · 9 min

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Software

Open WebUI vs LM Studio: web UI or desktop app for local AI?

One is a desktop app that runs models for you. The other is a web interface you host for a whole household or team. Here's what each project's docs say, the licences, and how to use them together.

Aliteq Team · Sep 25 · 6 min

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How to Run Local AI on an Intel Arc GPU in 2026 (the Vulkan Way)

Yes, Arc runs local LLMs well now — but skip the old IPEX-LLM guides (Intel archived it in January 2026). Here's the current, working path: Ollama or LM Studio on the Vulkan backend, step by step.

Aliteq Team · Sep 22 · 7 min

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How to Run Local AI on an AMD Radeon GPU in 2026 (ROCm vs Vulkan)

AMD went from 'buy Nvidia unless you enjoy pain' to 'this just works' in 2026. The two setup paths — ROCm for speed, Vulkan for ease — which to pick, and how to get a model on your Radeon's GPU tonight.

Aliteq Team · Sep 22 · 8 min

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I compared Ollama, vLLM and LM Studio — only one of them survives a second user

at one person typing, all three are basically tied. add a second and the gap turns into a cliff

Aliteq Team · Aug 22 · 7 min

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Hardware

Meta's new AI model runs at home now — one $1,299 AMD card almost keeps up with a $4,700 Nvidia one

AMD's own numbers put its workstation GPU at 53 tokens a second on Meta's new 30B model. Nvidia's flagship does more — for over three times the price.

Aliteq Team · Aug 11 · 6 min

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how to run Qwen3 locally in 2026 — the best open model, on your own PC, in one command

Qwen3 is arguably the best open model you can run at home right now. Getting it running is genuinely one command. Here's exactly how, and which size fits your GPU.

Aliteq Team · Aug 1 · 10 min

Ollama vs LM Studio: which one should you actually use to run AI locally?

Both are free, both run the same open models, and since mid-2025 both have a desktop app. The real split now: LM Studio if you want to browse, tweak and chat; Ollama if you want a model that other apps can call. Here's the full comparison, including speed.

Aliteq Team · Jul 30 · 10 min

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how to run a local AI model on your own PC in 2026 — a genuinely simple beginner's guide

Running your own AI model at home sounds technical. It isn't — you can be chatting with a private, offline AI in about five minutes with one free app. Here's exactly how.

Aliteq Team · Jul 30 · 9 min