GPT4ALL sounds like your best bet. It’s one of the easiest to set up solutions at the moment. As best as I can tell none of the open and local options are gpt4 level yet. that’s it, there are lots of models to play with and they seem to be getting better very quickly. GPT4ALL makes it pretty simple I specifically linking the models that work and helping you download them.

the one downside is that I don’t believe they have implemented GPU models yet. that means things are easy to set up, but it’s going to be a slow experience, especially if you don’t have a really beefy CPU and lots of RAM.

off topic, I know, but I want that but for my life. net worth, credit score, weight, 1 mile run time, general wellness, etc…

I think you’re both right. I sort of remember doing that in the past and it is probably what I was looking for.

I have a desktop and laptop for work that run mainline stable packages just like the Devs intended. I have a personal laptop that has no important data. It is 90% just for Lemmy doom scrolling, youtube and playing with things that might break my Linux install.