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I start: the most important thing is not the desktop, it's the package manager.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Used to use gedit, the found nano and it was awesome. Then found Vim... I RAN back to nano haha

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Try micro.

It's much better and quite easy if not easier to use than nano. It should really be the default simple editor.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This looks cool! Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I hear you 😁. For whatever reason I stuck with the Vim tutorial and did it a few times over the years. Now I'm using the IdeaVIM extension in IntelliJ - that mode system is just sooo powerful. It has a horrible learning curve, yes, but if you manage to stick with it, it pays huge dividends. I probably know, like, 18% of all commands, and it completely changed how I edit files (mostly for coding, but also text).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Alright alright. You win haha seriously, you've convinced me to give vim another chance.