Selfhosted on Ghafoor's Personal Bloghttps://ghafoorsblog.com/tags/selfhosted/Recent content in Selfhosted on Ghafoor's Personal BlogHugoenhello@ghafoorsblog.com (AG Sayyed)hello@ghafoorsblog.com (AG Sayyed)Copyright © 2024-2026 AG Sayyed. All Rights Reserved.Thu, 21 May 2026 04:50:35 +0100How to Install Ollama and Run Local LLMs on Linuxhttps://ghafoorsblog.com/posts/ai/install-ollama/Sat, 10 May 2025 23:19:42 +0000hello@ghafoorsblog.com (AG Sayyed)https://ghafoorsblog.com/posts/ai/install-ollama/<p class="lead text-primary"> Install Ollama on Ubuntu 24.04, pull an open-source LLM, and run it completely offline on your own hardware — no cloud account or API key required. </p> <h2 id="why-run-llms-locally">Why Run LLMs Locally</h2> <p>Running large language models on your own machine gives you two things you cannot get from cloud APIs:</p> <p><strong>1. Privacy.</strong> Your prompts, documents, and conversation history stay on your hardware. No data is sent to OpenAI, Google, or any third party. This matters when working with proprietary code, personal notes, or sensitive research.</p>