alt Hacker News>solved the UX problem.
>One command
Notwithstanding the fact that there's about zero difference between `ollama run model-name` and `llama-cpp -hf model-name`, and that running things in the terminal is already a gigantic UX blocker (Ollama's popularity comes from the fact that it has a GUI), why are you putting the blame back on an open source project that owes you approximately zero communication ?
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> Notwithstanding the fact that there's about zero difference between `ollama run model-name` and `llama-cpp -hf model-name`
There is a TON of difference. Ollama downloads the model from its own model library server, sticks it somewhere in your home folder with a hashed name and a proprietary configuration that doesn't use the in built metadata specified by the model creator. So you can't share it with any other tool, you can't change parameters like temp on the fly, and you are stuck with whatever quants they offer.
> Ollama's popularity comes from the fact that it has a GUI
It's not the GUI, it's the curated model hosting platform. Way easier to use than HF for casual users.