Thank you for mentioning Sublime Text! It seems to be a very competent text editor. However, unfortunately, I don't like how it is not open source.
I think my needs for a text editor for making notes and/or writing texts are mostly fulfilled between Emacs and Kate. At least..., for my untrained eyes. Do you think Sublime Text offers merit beyond (either of) these to be considered instead?
Sorry for the late response.
I've tested most of what has been suggested and I can attest that Kate is indeed very good. Thanks for mentioning your endorsement as well!
However, while I really like Geany aesthetically, I wasn't able to fold Markdown headings with it. Uhmm..., would you happen to know if this is actually featured?
Really appreciate the in-depth explanation, thx!
It has been my pleasure, fam! Note that my answers found below are often oversimplified and/or kept short for the sake of brevity. Please feel free to ask me in case you'd like me to elaborate on any of the topics discussed below or otherwise.
So with all of this considered, do you personally think it’s safe to go with Fedora long term?
First of all, I have to make clear that I've been a Fedora user ever since I (cold turkey) made the switch from W10 over three years ago. And any of the 'scandals' that have happened since^[Which should be just one, the other one was committed before I started to use Fedora.] hasn't swayed me away from it (yet). So, I'm probably biased in my views. Or, at least don't equally value the very same things that have led detractors to look elsewhere.
With that out of the way..., you should ultimately make up your own mind. What is it that has drawn you into Fedora in the first place?
Even in a worst case scenario?
I suppose the worst case scenario would be that Fedora somehow ceased to exist and erecting a fork didn't turn out to be a productive endeavor either. But I suppose most technologies come with some risks attached to their long-time survival. Yet, this doesn't necessarily deter us from trying them out whenever they happen to be a good option at the very moment they're considered.
Regardless, it is statistically unlikely you will stick to your first distro in the long run. So, I suppose you don't have to overthink it; if it satisfies your needs at the moment, then it's good to give it a go 😉.
And if not then what else should be considered for me?
Again, I don't know exactly what drew you to Fedora in the first place. So, please consider to shed some light on that 😉. Afterwards, I can try to fill in my thoughts 🙂.
I also am curious about Fedora’s whole “leading edge” thing, do they push for new technologies even when it’ll cause issues or are they careful with it?
Historically-speaking, Fedora used to be pretty ruthless 🤣. One might argue that they forced their users to test the new and upcoming technologies long before they were ready. This has caused their community to feel alienated and not respected. In turn, Fedora's user base became mostly comprised of (relative) Linux-experts (with Stockholm syndrome 😜) that could deal with these issues.
Thankfully, though, Fedora seems to have learned from their past mistakes. For the last couple of years, earth-shattering changes have not been introduced. Sure, Fedora continues to be forward-thinking and the first to introduce changes that might be considered drastic. Yet, it's handled in a respectful way towards its users.
Unsurprisingly, this has even translated to a (relative) uptake of their user base. Heck, Fedora -at least for some- fills the very space that Ubuntu used to dominate. All in all, Fedora seems to have changed their ways for the better. As such, the concerns seem to have become (slightly) out of place; unless Fedora is legally forced, you should expect a very sane, 'stable' and reliable experience.
While Red Hat does a lot to enable Fedora (and the Linux ecosystem in general), Fedora remains a community distro. It just happens to receive significant backing. Which, one might argue, isn't a lot different to how SuSE backs openSUSE. Heck, while (arguably) in a different order of magnitude, Canonical contributes to Debian and even Valve contributes to Arch.
But, to underline an important aspect to the RedHat-Fedora relationship, Fedora does not have to follow Red Hat in everything. Like how Fedora continues to default to Btrfs as its filesystem while Red Hat has deprecated Btrfs for 7 years now.
Yet, I don't want to underscore that both Arch and Debian can probably easily keep the lights on if any contributing party would cease its support. On the other hand, if Red Hat or SuSe would stop contributing to Fedora or openSUSE respectively, then it would at least require a huge restructuring for them to have a chance at surviving the aftermath. So, in that sense, both Fedora and openSUSE are dependent on their respective big backers.
As for concerns related to Red Hat, they did like two bad things (I think) that go against the spirit of open source sortware. But these pale to their contributions. With PipeWire, systemd and Wayland; they've literally built the backbone of modern Linux. Boycotting them will likely result in picking some niche Linux that might be a huge pita to operate.
If you're interested in a deep dive, then consider looking into this thread and the links found within.
Thank you so much! The instructions will be very helpful whenever I test out Zed later today or early tomorrow.
Kate has been cool so far. Thank you for (yet) another endorsement!
However, I've been hearing conflicting narratives on Geany's folding capabilities. I've yet to test it out (as there's a long list I have to go over), but would you like to chime in with your thoughts on this matter? To be more precise, I desire to fold (at least) Markdown headings with it (as seen in the gif). Thanks in advance!
I am starting to attest this. I've tested a couple of text editors since yesterday and -surprisingly- only Kate (and KDevelop) have (so far) been able to pull this off.
Fam, I believe your post is all over the place. Please consider to clarify the following:
Basically it feels insane that it's the way most linux users and servers in the world operate.
Frankly, I somewhat agree. But I believe most people operate within paradigms like "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." and/or "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.". Isn't "the path of least resistance" what we default to anyways? And if we additionally weigh in sunk cost fallacy, it is no surprise that people are more often than not wed to their ways... Or, at least act upon it.
If I, a humble computer hobbyist can figure out Nix, why don't more users do so, and why is Nix so niche?
I believe NixOS suffers from the following:
Anyhow, I'm glad to hear you jumped ship to NixOS! Wish me luck when I enter its hostile waters (with the intent to conquer it) this summer 😉!
Scite can do it.
Noted. Thank you!
Notepad++ probably too but I don’t know if it’s available on Linux.
FWIW, someone else pointed out the existence of Notepad Next. Which IIUC is pretty much an open-source and cross-platform reimplementation.
I just remember it being the text editor to use on Windows.
Frankly, I never used it when I was using Windows 😅. I suppose I was (somehow) conditioned at the time to use whatever M$ Office offered instead 😜.
JetBrains IDEs
I have used them in the past. They're definitely pretty cool and do their job well. Unfortunately, unless I'm wrong, most of their offerings^[Don't quote me on this, but I believe their open source options are limited to the community editions of IntelliJ IDEA and PyCharm. Which isn't too bad as both of them should support a plethora of languages (including Markdown).] are not open source. I believe this also applies to Fleet.
My apologies for not making it clear in the post, but I do prefer open source whenever I can afford it.
Finally, there's a lot not to like about electron, but I feel like JetBrains' use of JVMs isn't a lot better.
Regardless, I will note it down as I intend to test them all out anyways :P .
Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong in any of the above. Thank you!
Thanks for mentioning an editor I would otherwise have missed!
Uhmmm..., I just installed it. First impressions were pretty good. For some reason, I assumed it would work as well as Kate (and Kdevelop) have. However, I wasn't able to replicate the folding functionality within the Markdown file.
Would you happen to know what I'm doing wrong? Your help is much appreciated!