Nabil Redmann BananaAcid

Gaming and AI in ALL VMs with shared GPU

Important

Curent state of infos: 2026-08

Distinction

LXC + (/dev/dri/renderD128 + ZLUDA || nvidia nodes) --> "just works"
In isolated VMs ... the following:

Venus?

install DistroBox -> Ubuntu.
get current fw version: sudo smartctl -a /dev/nvmxxx
get SSD FW iso -> https://semiconductor.samsung.com/consumer-storage/support/tools/
mount it
unpack /mnt/iso/initrd
sudo ./fumagician (running in DistroBox: Ubuntu needed)
restart. confirm firmwware version with sudo smartctl -a /dev/nvmxxx

from: https://blog.intermit.tech/2021/05/firmware-update-samsung-ssd-in-linux.html/

ANSI Escape Sequences

Standard escape codes are prefixed with Escape:

Ctrl-Key: ^[
Octal: \033
Unicode: \u001b
Hexadecimal: \x1B
Decimal: 27

Update-Wallpaper - Periodically recolor your desktop wallpaper with AI

Change the windows wallpaper with AI generated images, based on an existing image, colored and tinted to a specific color

https://github.com/BananaAcid/PollinationsAiPS/blob/main/examples/Update-Wallpaper.README.md

Powershell - Pode Server + PollinationsAI-Image

save all of the files from this repo to your test folder
run install.ps1 to setup the basics
edit server.ps1 and add your PollinationsAI key (if no env is set already)
start server.ps1
open http://localhost:8080

[!NOTE]

Tip

⭐ As Powershell module for installation with updates:

https://github.com/BananaAcid/PollinationsAiPS/

Ask PollinationsAI for a Text

... in pure Powershell 5+ / 7+ (Win, Linux, OSX, Docker, ...) -- for free (registration, but no moneys)

Tip

⭐ As Powershell module for installation with updates:

https://github.com/BananaAcid/PollinationsAiPS/

Ask PollinationsAI for an Image

... in pure Powershell 5+ / 7+ (Win, Linux, OSX, Docker, ...) -- for free (registration, but no moneys)

Ask AiHorde for an image

... in pure Powershell -- for free (no registration, no moneys)

Usage

ask.ai.aihorde_image.ps1 -content <string> [[-system] <string>] [[-n] <int>] [[-model] <string>] [[-AIHORDE_API_KEY] <string>]
ask.ai.aihorde_image.ps1 -listModels
ask.ai.aihorde_image.ps1 -awaitId <int>

Frage Google ...

... in purem Powershell

. .\ask.ai.google.ps1 -?

ask.ai.google.ps1 [-content] <string> [[-systemPrompt] <string>] [[-model] <string>] [[-GEMINI_API_KEY] <string>]

arg	default	example	desc

	# Works like Join-Path, but returns the path without any \..\ and \.\ parts
	function Join-NormalizedPath {
	$path = Join-Path @args
	[System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath($path)
	}