• rayon@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I think most people (including myself) prefer a minimal desktop by default, and then proceed to install only the software they need. Nevertheless, it always surprises me when I log in to a system that doesn’t have vim.

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      1 year ago

      For almost all users, especially beginners, nano is just simpler faster and better. A lot of distributions are bundling it, and I am finding indeed systems without vim at all.

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      I disagree. Don’t get me wrong, vim is amazing and all that, but I think nano is easier for new users to grok out of the box, making it a better choice most of the time. What it lacks in features it makes up for in transparency.

      100% agree about the minimal set of desktop apps, though. That drives me crazy.

      Just my 0.02$.

      Edit: silly mistakes and clarification

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        1 year ago

        Vi is standardized in both POSIX and Single Unix Specification.

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        1 year ago

        You’ve never used a minimal Linux distro for cloud servers then. Some don’t ship any text editors. Others ship only nano. Part of the reason why I think learn vim because vi(m) is everywhere argument is retarded. It’s factually incorrect.