Is there a way to combine the side menu and the notes list?

Is there a way to combine the side menu and the notes list?

I am talking about those two vertical panels I circled in the image. Is there no way to collapse them into one? Like I pick a notebook, which makes the side menu advance to the nested notebook or list?

It is annoying to always have to open and close both of these tabs at a time. I am not sure if I was able to communicate what I wanted to.

u/BigGunE — 11 days ago

Problems with handling images since the 5.6 launch!

I am having difficulty using ChatGPT since the launch of 5.6. A lot of the time it fails to create the images I request and tells me :

>I wasn't able to generate the image due to an error on my side.

Since yesterday, I started noticing that it cannot load the previous images I sent it for some reason:

https://preview.redd.it/t67letq3raeh1.png?width=2097&format=png&auto=webp&s=c0d373b08c2e9b3df8633260063c4d82e02bae68

The general response time has also gone up significantly for me.

Anybody else facing this?

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u/BigGunE — 1 month ago

Crazy side effects!

My doctor gave me bupropion Xl 150mg to combat my depression and anxiety getting worse. I was also always very fatigued, I have been trying to lose weight and also managed to quit nicotine and reduce caffeine.

I was told that bupropion might actually help lose weight and reduce nicotine cravings. I was told it had the potential to improve my energy levels too. The exact opposite happened for me. It made me sleepier during the day. It made my hunger 3 times more than normal and elevated desire to abuse nicotine!

It’s nearing 2 months of me being on this medication. I wonder if going to 300mg will resolve these things or make it worse.

Anyone else experienced similar side effects?

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u/BigGunE — 1 month ago

Is there a way to efficiently use both thoughtful & thoughtless version of a model?

I am using Gemma 4 12B on a 16gb GPU.

I was thinking if it'd be possible to turn off the reasoning/thoughts for this model quickly without needing to load up another Gemma 4 12B variant to be loaded on the GPU?

Ideally, I would like a quick model selector right where we type in the prompts. That way, I could quickly switch model variant.

Anyway, please let me know what's the best way to do this.

I us ollama by the way.

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u/BigGunE — 1 month ago

How do I stop the model from thinking?

I went to Admin Settings > Models > Qwen whatever > Advanced Parameters and there I set Ollama think to OFF.

That made the model very fast but it now dumps its thinking on to the main chat this way:

https://preview.redd.it/lzthsyqe62bh1.png?width=2268&format=png&auto=webp&s=b13ba8813802b85778f462360f6e4ef8403f6b19

It always ends thinking with a </think> tag and then writes its response.

I tried adding /no_think to the start and end of its prompt but that made no difference.

How do I make it such that it keeps the thinking to itself but just shows me the response? More importantly, how come it is still thinking?

Please help!

I use the latest OpenWebUI with Ollama.

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u/BigGunE — 2 months ago

Please help me understand Knowledge Base &amp; Projects

I am used to ChatGPT Plus way of doing things. It let me give the AI a project specific prompt and add some project files.

I am not sure I fully understand how the OpenWebUI system works. Are knowledge bases separate from projects and we only link from a project if we want to?

Also, folder means project, right? By project I mean a separate context area with its own unique work and files.

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u/BigGunE — 2 months ago

How to record acoustic covers with just the phone?

I noticed that my acoustic guitar sounds kinda super dull and dead on phone recordings. The voice sounds okay.

The problem is that I want to put the phone in front of me, play, sing and cover songs. I want to record both audio and video. How and where do you place the phone such that the audio doesn’t sound bad?

I have a condenser mic. Should I just set that up beside the phone and use the audio from that mic in place of the iphone’s mic?

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u/BigGunE — 2 months ago

Gemma 4 12B refuses to work since turning function calling on!

I recently got help from you guys and managed to turn the memory features and function calling on. Now the problem is that Qwen can call functions but Gemma no longer responds back.

It thinks and sometimes stops thinking halfway through. Sometimes it is able to respond with one line. Most of the times it just thinks and stops working. Gemma works just fine when I use ollama directly from the terminal.

I need help :(

SOLVED:
As u/thewhzrd said, the source of the problem was context size. I doubled mine from default 4k to 8k (changed advanced parameter num_ctx ) and now Gemma woke up and is dancing to my tune again :D

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u/BigGunE — 2 months ago

Are there no built in Adaptive Memory functions?

I read an article that made it sound like OpenWebUI has built in adaptive memory but I cannot seem to find it. Instead, I found a plugin called Adaptive Memory v4 that looks like made by third parties.

Is this plugin trustworthy? Am I risking it sending my private data somewhere else outside the computer?

UPDATE:

Based on what u/ClassicMain said, I managed to get the get both Gemma 4 12B and Qwen 3 4B to add info to memory. I had to first go do this:

  • Navigate to the Admin Panel -> Settings -> Models.
  • Click the Settings button (gear icon) located at the top right of the models list.
  • Locate the Model Parameters section.
  • Change the Function Calling dropdown value to Native.
  • Click Save

Gemma 4 seems to struggle and stop working halfway through when I ask it to recall but both models are saving them correctly now. I can see that Gemma 4 even found the memory I was asking about in its thinking logs but somehow it never responds back to me with the answer.

u/BigGunE — 2 months ago

How do you guys switch models?

I recently installed Gemma 4 12b and was wondering if it makes sense to run smaller faster models for tasks that don’t require as much thinking/reasoning.

How do you have your stuff setup? I work on software stuff, hardware stuff, engineering stuff, content creation (YouTube) related tasks.

Assuming you guys have multiple models installed:

- Do you manually pick the model you want every time you start a conversation?
- is there any plugin/setting that can deduce the best model auto based on my prompt?
- Does loading unloading multiple models not cause overflow or slowdowns?

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u/BigGunE — 2 months ago

Is there another name for OpenWebUI?

It is rather tedious to type! Do you all always keep typing out the full thing?

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u/BigGunE — 2 months ago

How do I replicate my ChatGPT workflow and environment?

On my ChatGPT, I normally have a master prompt. Then I create projects for different types of tasks I want it to help me with. They are called projects in ChatGPT. I attach files in the projects and write a project instructions prompt for it. That is how my work is organised.

On top of it all, ChatGPT has memory and it remembers a lot of things. I am not sure how all these are setup in openWEbUi.

Please also let me know if you guys know any YouTubers who are good at showing how to do these things.

I am using Gemma 4 12b via ollama on Linux on a 16 GB AMD RX 9070 XT.

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u/BigGunE — 2 months ago

Is there a way to see more details for the KDE Backup integrity check?

https://preview.redd.it/p536zodxm36h1.png?width=907&format=png&auto=webp&s=c9951f5ccf8568e9c97f92c91f8f1be7482f361b

It only shows me this in the notification section and the orange thing keeps moving left to right for as long as the integrity is checked. There is no sense of what it is actually doing or how many files it has checked or will check. No sense of progress.

Is there a way to see the "progress"?

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u/BigGunE — 2 months ago

How am I supposed to backup everything?

Please let me know if this makes sense:

- versioned backup of /home using KDE built in backup thing
- timeshift to create system restore points for the OS?

Is this understanding correct?

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u/BigGunE — 3 months ago

Cannot use Super Key on Linux!

The desktop app won’t let me send keyboard shortcuts that include the Super/Meta key.

Is this a feature or a bug!? Problem with KDE not letting the app do it?

Please help!

I use Kubuntu 24.04 and latest Joplin.

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u/BigGunE — 3 months ago

self-hosting: Do I need a real email?

When I change the default username/password to login to the self-hosted Joplin server, it says:

>A confirmation email has been sent to your new address. Please follow the link in that email to confirm. Your email will only be updated after that.

I used a made up email. Am I supposed to use a real one here?

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u/BigGunE — 3 months ago

Confused About Docker Permissions While Following Official Joplin Server Setup Guide

I’m learning Docker on an Ubuntu Server machine and following the official Docker + Joplin Server docs. I basically want to self-host joplin.

I installed Docker from Docker’s official apt repository, then tried running:

docker run --env-file .env -p 22300:22300 joplin/server:latest

but got:

permission denied while trying to connect to the docker API at unix:///var/run/docker.sock

Using sudo docker run ... works fine.

What confused me is that neither the Docker docs nor the Joplin docs seemed to mention this step or expectation clearly. The examples are written as if the command should just work normally.

Am I missing some implied setup step here? Is the expectation that users are already added to the docker group before following these instructions?

Trying to understand whether I misunderstood something fundamental or if this is just one of those assumed Linux/Docker setup conventions.

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u/BigGunE — 3 months ago

Is leetcoding even more important now that AIs can do your project?

I was thinking about this. In the before times, you could go build your niche projects and use that to get interviews and even pass them by talking about them and your involvement.

How is that working out for recruiters in a world where AI can generate most of the project’s code and even solve technical challenges of the projects!?

Specifically when it comes to scoring points with your listed and demoed projects, how much value did they lose because of AI?

If people can generate projects wholesale like that, wouldn’t it make more sense for companies to double down on leetcode style assessments to screen candidates!?

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u/BigGunE — 3 months ago

Any of you managed to fix your pinky?

I realised that my pinky doesn't have the speed or strength! I've been compensating by using the other 3 fingers instead.

Was wondering if there is anything I can do regularly to get the pink to fire the same as the ring finger. My other 3 fingers work as I want them to.

Any specific drills?

Please help

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u/BigGunE — 3 months ago