Ollama - Local LLMs for everyone!

Is there a good latex ocr model that I can run with Ollama?

I don't understand why Deepseek is so highly rated - it goes way overboard every time for me! Do I need to change the default temperature or some other model param?

What hardware is recommended for adequate performance and low power consumption. I've seen the Mac mini recommended a few times. Would the 16 GB model be enough? Or do I need the 24 gig model? What about this framework desktop thingy? It should be very good as well, but what will it consume at idle?

Do you use it to help with schoolwork / work? Maybe to help you code projects, or to help teach you how to do something?