Own Your Own AI With Ollama!

AI has dominated tech over the last couple years, but are you tired of the privacy invasions, model censorship, and internet requirement? That鈥檚 why Ollama is so great and how you can have the power of large language models in the comfort of your own hardware!

March 3, 2025 路 9 min 路 Trafotin
Trafotin laughing at the Chromium logo looming over a sweating Linux Foundation logo.

Debunking the Linux Foundation Chromium Conspiracies

The Linux Foundation does nothing for desktop Linux, so they must be evil! Well, that鈥檚 what their armchair critics would have you believe. Here鈥檚 what the Linux Foundation is actually doing.

February 1, 2025 路 9 min 路 Trafotin
A image of Trafotin screaming with Steam and various utilities with the text: Literal hacking.

How to Use Steam on Linux (Some Hacking Required)

Ever wonder what it takes to play Steam games on Linux? This is almost everything you need to know: Proton, environment variables, anti-cheat, and mandatory hacking skills.

January 19, 2025 路 10 min 路 Trafotin

I Made a KakaoTalk Bottles Installer. Was It Worth It?

I was recently tasked to get KakaoTalk working on Linux. The best option so far is Bottles, a program that runs Windows applications on Linux. It鈥檚 a great user experience, but the developer experience needs some work.

December 20, 2024 路 7 min 路 Trafotin
An image of Trafotin feeding the Bluefin mascot Chicken a Fedora logo.

Universal Blue's Bluefin: 6 Months Later

Over the last 6 months, I tried using Universal Blue鈥檚 Bluefin. It鈥檚 the newest addition to Fedora Atomic Desktop and revolutionary for desktop Linux, but it鈥檚 got a long way to go.

November 27, 2024 路 12 min 路 Trafotin