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Daily Update: 2026-10-06 | Featured model: qwen3.8:27b | RTX 3090: pending verification | Local: not currently confirmed | Measurement: exact configuration pending @ 48°C | Ollama: 0.33.2 | Hardware Sync: local time loading... (UTC 2026-10-07T08:35:40Z)
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Qwen3.8 27B

Coding, agent workflows and multimodal tasks.

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2026-09-20
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18 GB · Q4_K_M
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Gemma 4 26B

A mixture-of-experts option for text and image workflows.

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2026-09-20
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Qwen3.6 27B

A comparison point for coding and reasoning workflows.

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2026-09-20
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