Tim Hall

Running Large Language Models (LLMs) Locally using LM Studio

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Vendor Email: You haven't used the random crappy AI feature we've crammed into our product without any consideration of how it might be used, and the security implications of it for your company...

Me:

Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.6
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@virtualbox

Oracle AI Database 26ai On-Prem Installations

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It's here.

Oracle AI Database 26ai On-Prem

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OK. No longer a 404 on the main database page.

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I guess that's some progress.

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Are they here yet? Looks like the database links from the announcement page are broken. 🫤

Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2026
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It's nearly time...

Oracle Critical Patch Update Pre-Release Announcement - January 2026
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Another Linux Mint Convert

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I've included some important updates. Thanks everyone for your continued feedback. This is starting to feel like a fulltime job. 😀

It is slow...

Official response from Oracle.

MOS - Key Known Issues
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I understand that feeling. I think a lot depends on who the customer is. 😆

Lots of user submitted issues have been added to the post, taken from comments and social media feedback. Let's hope the feedback is being seen.

Happy 2nd arrival Birthday for Klaus🐈‍⬛. It was 2 years ago today he turned me into his own personal slave.

That's interesting. All my links to MOS notes are taken from the button that used to display on the old interface. They've obvious changed it at some point, and supported the old and the new URL, but not continued doing that moving forward.

There must be loads of these URLs out there.

LOL. Why would it try to dark mode a photo? Surely all images should be displayed as is. There are no transparencies on that photo. I think Chrome has gone mad. 😀

My Oracle Support (MOS) Portal : What needs fixing?

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Yep. It is not a great start. Hopefully the will see all the criticism and fix the issues.

That sort of thing happens with new releases and new point releases. I would expect it to stay close to the mainline, so in a couple of weeks it will probably be ahead.

I doubt 19c ever will. I guess about a year after 26ai is released on-prem, if we are lucky.

Oracle Linux 10.1 Now Generally Available

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Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.4 (Thanks Connor McDonald)

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@virtualbox

Oracle AI Database 26ai On-Prem Announced

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Hope it's real this time!

UKOUG Discover 2025 : Retired again...

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@UKOUG

I'll be speaking at @UKOUG in December.

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See you there.

Yes. I have a session tomorrow.

OMG I love this feature so much, and it is in 19c...

IF [NOT] EXISTS DDL Clause in Oracle Database 23ai/26ai

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