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Ollama Next Level

A really powerful combo—100% free! You can use this to do just about anything, and it’s super easy:

  1. Install Ollama:
    https://ollama.com/download/windows
  2. Open the terminal (just search for “PowerShell”) and enter the following to download the best universal models:
    1. ollama pull qwen3.5:9b
      Good model for 16 GB RAM (uses significantly less on my system);
      Size: 6.6 GB;
    2. ollama pull qwen3.5:4b
      Even lower RAM usage;
      Size: 3.4 GB;
    3. ollama pull gemma4:e4b
      Also a good model, but it puts a bit more strain on the computer (takes longer), though it also provides very good answers;
      Size: 9.6GB;
    4. ollama pull gemma4:e2b And here’s an even smaller version of that;
      Size: 7.2GB;
  3. Installing Slashspace:
    https://www.slashspace.ai
    There is a free version that allows you to use Ollama. To use it, you need to create a free account. With Slashspace, you can create nodes that can be connected and disconnected from one another, all visually—this helps enormously in managing the context. Added to this is Slashspace’s RAG functionality: Upload a huge file (e.g., the documentation for a current software) and chat with it (put simply, RAG narrows the context down to the essentials so your computer isn’t tied up with the question for the next 10 years^^);
  4. Install Page Assist (Chrome add-on) to use Ollama comfortably:
    https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/page-assist-a-web-ui-for/jfgfiigpkhlkbnfnbobbkinehhfdhndo
    It’s a piece of cake. Then you have a button that opens a clean and simple chat.
  5. Check occasionally for updates (new models or updates to your installed models, and of course to Ollama itself). - Here are the URLs for the models mentioned above:
    1. https://ollama.com/library/qwen3.5
    2. https://ollama.com/library/gemma4
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