#guide

Posts on X2Q tagged guide. Updated as new posts are published.

• Jun 24, 2026

  Setting Up the Google Coral Edge TPU on Ubuntu 24.04 (2026)

  The Google Coral USB Accelerator is a $30–$60 inference chip that can run quantized TFLite models at 4 TOPS — but getting it working on Ubuntu 24.04 with kernel 6.8+ requires patching the gasket-dkms source for four kernel API breakages. This post walks through every step.

• Jun 22, 2026

  Ollama complete guide — run LLMs locally (2026)

  Ollama lets you run large language models locally with a single command. This guide covers installation on Mac and Linux, how to pick the right model (with a size table), a CLI cheat sheet, the REST API with curl and Python, customisation with Modelfile and system prompts, and performance tricks that halve VRAM usage.