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Why not Linux? The UI looks to be some kind chrome based thingy - probably electron - should be easy to port to Linux. Also is there a link to the source?

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johncolanduoni 1y ago
For all of Electron's promise in being cross-platform, "I'll just press this button and ship this Electron app on Linux and everything will be fine" is not the current state of things. A lot of it is papercuts like glibc version aggravation, but GPU support is persistently problematic.
- zettabomb 1y ago
  The Element app on Linux is currently broken (if you want to use encryption, so basically for everyone) due to an issue with Electron. Luckily it still works in a regular browser. I'm really baffled by how that can happen.
ceroxylon 1y ago
I am guessing that the Linux version was first (or the announcement was worded strangely), as it is available on their download page: https://ollama.com/download https://ollama.com/download
- DarkmSparks 1y ago
  thats just the cli versions. this app got gui.
  - ceroxylon 1y ago
    Ah, I missed that detail, thank you for clarifying.
nicce 1y ago
Electron… wonder how this can be marketed as native then.
- epcoa 1y ago
  Where are they marketing it as native?
  - emmelaich 1y ago
    Native webview? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- andsoitis 1y ago
  Nowhere on the page does it state “native”. The person who submitted the story introduced “native”
- nguyenkien 1y ago
  Also, this is not electron app. It does use system webview thought.
  - pjmlp 1y ago
    At least that is already an improvement, away from ChromeOS Development Platform.
    - gen2brain 1y ago
      If I already have to use a bundled web app, I prefer Electron. My system doesn't have a "system webview"; I don't have webkit-gtk installed/compiled.
      - pjmlp 1y ago
        If I have to use a Web app, I prefer a server URL.
nguyenkien 1y ago
> Download Ollama’s new app today on macOS and Windows. > For pure CLI versions of Ollama, standalone downloads are available on Ollama’s GitHub releases page. Sound like closed source. Plus, As I check, the app seem to be tauri app, as it use system webview instead of chromium.
vismit2000 1y ago
I believe power users or developers can already use this from CLI in Linux. This new app for Windows and MacOS shows this is intended for regular users.
- stavros 1y ago
  Not releasing anything for Linux because regular users don't use it is a great way to never have regular users on Linux.
e12e 1y ago
Maybe the windows version runs under wine?

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johncolanduoni 1y ago

For all of Electron's promise in being cross-platform, "I'll just press this button and ship this Electron app on Linux and everything will be fine" is not the current state of things. A lot of it is papercuts like glibc version aggravation, but GPU support is persistently problematic.

zettabomb 1y ago
The Element app on Linux is currently broken (if you want to use encryption, so basically for everyone) due to an issue with Electron. Luckily it still works in a regular browser. I'm really baffled by how that can happen.

ceroxylon 1y ago

I am guessing that the Linux version was first (or the announcement was worded strangely), as it is available on their download page: https://ollama.com/download https://ollama.com/download

DarkmSparks 1y ago
thats just the cli versions. this app got gui.
- ceroxylon 1y ago
  Ah, I missed that detail, thank you for clarifying.

nicce 1y ago

Electron… wonder how this can be marketed as native then.

epcoa 1y ago
Where are they marketing it as native?
- emmelaich 1y ago
  Native webview? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
andsoitis 1y ago
Nowhere on the page does it state “native”. The person who submitted the story introduced “native”
nguyenkien 1y ago
Also, this is not electron app. It does use system webview thought.
- pjmlp 1y ago
  At least that is already an improvement, away from ChromeOS Development Platform.
  - gen2brain 1y ago
    If I already have to use a bundled web app, I prefer Electron. My system doesn't have a "system webview"; I don't have webkit-gtk installed/compiled.
    - pjmlp 1y ago
      If I have to use a Web app, I prefer a server URL.

nguyenkien 1y ago

> Download Ollama’s new app today on macOS and Windows. > For pure CLI versions of Ollama, standalone downloads are available on Ollama’s GitHub releases page. Sound like closed source. Plus, As I check, the app seem to be tauri app, as it use system webview instead of chromium.

vismit2000 1y ago

I believe power users or developers can already use this from CLI in Linux. This new app for Windows and MacOS shows this is intended for regular users.

stavros 1y ago
Not releasing anything for Linux because regular users don't use it is a great way to never have regular users on Linux.

e12e 1y ago

Maybe the windows version runs under wine?