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One difference is that Jan is increadibly easy to install, just download the AppImage, make it executable and start it.
@jeena And absolutely nothing can go wrong by downloading random files from the internet based on contemporary hype, making them executable and starting them...
As opposed to cloning a random repository and running
makeor something?@xigoi Is that something you do?
How else would you install something that doesn’t happen to be in your favorite package manager?
@xigoi Are you actually trying to get malware into your computer? Don't install **random** shiny new things without maximum skepticism. Period. Just let some other fools "test" the minefield for you. Or do a proper inspection. Executing foreign code just because it had "GPT" in the name... and acting like there was no other option... yuck!