Free account = 1 chapter of every course unlocked
No credit card · Google sign-in in 30 seconds · 20+ free chapters across 25 courses
Start free →
All Courses/Ollama Mastery: From Install to Daily Driver
🦙

Ollama Mastery: From Install to Daily Driver

The complete operator's course for the tool most people run local models with. Install it properly on any OS, decode system requirements, read the model library, write Modelfiles, fix GPU offload, tune speed, serve it safely to other machines, and diagnose the 20 errors that actually happen. Ends with a documented, tuned multi-model install of your own.

15 chaptersFirst chapter free to preview

Full syllabus

1

What Ollama Is (and Three Jobs It's Wrong For)

Free preview
Read free →
2

Installing Ollama Properly: Windows, macOS, Linux, Docker

3

System Requirements Decoded: RAM, VRAM, and the Size Ladder

4

Reading the Model Library: Tags, Sizes, and Quants

5

The Models Worth Your Disk Space

6

Daily Operations: pull, run, ps, cp, rm

7

Modelfiles: System Prompts, Parameters, Your Own Models

8

Context Windows, num_ctx, and Why Models Forget

9

Making Ollama Use Your GPU

10

Speed Work: Quantization, KV Cache, and Layer Offload

11

The Ollama API: OpenAI-Compatible Endpoints

12

Front Ends and Editors: Open WebUI, Jan, Continue

13

Serving Ollama to Other Machines Without Getting Owned

14

Troubleshooting: The 20 Errors That Actually Happen

15

Capstone: A Documented, Tuned Multi-Model Install

Unlock all 15 chapters

Plus 24 other courses — 546 more chapters included.

Compare all plans

Free Tools & Calculators