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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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nano for quick things; emacs for longer typing sessions.
Emacs its a so-so operating system (that devours your ssd) with a not do good embedded text editor
It works well for me. I love how easily I can adapt it for my needs.
Emacs comes with Evil mode, which has vim keybindings, which makes it a pretty good text editor.