I remember the time when Linux jokes were about audio drivers and X11 config files, but audio has long been working out of the box, and X11 is already dead and cremated.

Even recompiling kernel now takes around five minutes instead of two hours, so that joke is irrelevant too.

So all we are left with is timeless discussion of which text editor is the best, and dumping on Windows.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

This has been a lighthearted fake rivalry for as long as these text editors have existed.

[–] roundup5381@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

That's because we all know which is the obvious superior text editor.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Windows 11 Notepad.

[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

The AI helps me corrupt my .txt faster.

[–] southernwolf@pawb.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

Helix, the true choice among champions.

[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Neovim-HEAD or you’re a boomer.

[–] TheV2@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But I wouldn't be surprised if the memes give outsiders the impression that there is a real text editor war.

[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

It’s not a war, war implies a fight, it’s a one sided massacre.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd even say as long as text editors have existed at all

[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

Most old ones - older than vi - are terrible. I have to sometimes use the IBM mainframe editor at work. It is terrible.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

So all we are left with is timeless discussion of which text editor is the best,

Gnome sucks!

Ducks and runs away

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Bullshit, gedit is great

[–] AntEater@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

How long before gedit depends on systemd??

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

Gnome is fine if it works the way you do.

[–] Carighan@piefed.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

So all we are left with is timeless discussion of which text editor is the best, and ~~dumping on Windows.~~ why it is nano

FTFY. :P

[–] drath@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

X11 is already dead and cremated

[–] brie_cheese@piefed.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

the ootb audio drivers on my thinkpad running fedora sound better than my work windows laptop

[–] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

Real answer: those things matter to me because a quick frictionless experience very heavily dependant on muscle memory really helps with my ADHD. Laggy interfaces, having to hold left key for several seconds, and similar issues quickly pull my out of my train of thought.

It's not about shaving 2 minutes off my day, it's about not interrupting the flow.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 4 points 3 weeks ago

Most tradespeople will have favoured tools. It might be for woodworking, plumbing, electrics, plastering or writing code.

There's little point in being tribal about it, but conversations will happen.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 3 points 3 weeks ago

when nerds fight, it's the text editors that suffer

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

You mean a Rubik’s cube.

[–] InputZero@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Because there is only one objectively right answer. Anyone who use anything else is no true unix user.