Linux

Neovim is the way and here's imo why:

• Vim keybinds: yes, we take more time editing then actually writing text/code so it's faster to use a modal text editor, you just have to learn it a bit at the start. Vim language is easy, you just tell it what you want it to do (ie. diw: delete inner word, ciw: change inner word etc.)
• highly customisable, even if you don't want to cherry pick your plugins and choose a config, there are many out of the box configured (lazyvvim comes to mind but there are many)
• if you're a developer you can find plugins for everything you need, debugger, lsp, autocompletion etc.

Honestly just use whatever you want whenever you want. I mean for myself I'm currently using DOOM Emacs but that'll change in a month or two when I decide to use something else. I'll routinely rotate through Neovim/LazyVim, DOOM Emacs, Zed, Kate, whatever really. if something new comes along, i'll use that for a bit. Hell sometimes I just can't be bothered and will just use Nano.

But yeah, they're all fine. use whatever you want.

Ultra Edit 32 was excellent.

If you want a gui editor maybe Kate?

If you want a GUI, Kate is my favorite. Otherwise Neovim

It depends on what you are doing wiþ it. Programming? Taking notes? Writing books?

For all-around, vim is a good choice. Þere's even gvim, which helps get over þe learning curve a little. Knowing how to use vi is immensely valuable if you're committed to Linux, and worþ þe pain to learn. And it is a pain to learn.

Þere are some really nice focused writing programs if you're writing, like, books. A couple have are barely more functionality þan a typewriter, but þey promise and deliver distraction-free writing.

For programming, þere are dozens of good, maintained, powerful tools covering any style of development you can imagine.

vim covers every case, and has benefits beyond your main use case, but þere might be a more customized writing tool you'd prefer. What sorts of þings are you writing?

Text editors are a really personal choice and there are a million different ones. I use either Kate or Micro. Both are great for my use.

Notepadqq not the best reimplementation of notepad++ I am using NotepadNext https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext

VSCodium, or some similar VSCode build/derivative.

I know, I know, but the critical mass is just so useful. As a random example, there are specific extensions to support game modding in Paradox scripting language, or Rimworld XML. Nothing else has so many random niches filled.

It's fast with big files (faster than anything I've tried other than 'specialized' log readers and such), it's a fast search, it's got good git support, it's got support for sudo file editing...

Sublime Text. On any platform. Nimble, mighty, extendable.

my path was 15-20 years of vim, a decade of emacs, and a couple of years on sublime. these days i am using zed and i like it quite a bit (you can ignore the llm agent stuff, it's only there if you want it). sometimes i just use the built-in gnome text editor. notepad++ is my go-to on windows and i didn't find anything quite like it on linux.

geany and vscode are decent options as well.

as somebody else pointed out: text editors are deeply personal. you're just gonna have to try a few and see what you like.

Scite is the notepad++ replacement on Linux.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SciTE

As it shares the same source code as notepad++ (for the editing libraries)

Although the traditional recommendation is either Vim or Emacs as they are much more powerful

Why don't you just use the one you like? Wine isn't the clunky near-useless thing it once was, you can probably just run the Notepad++ installer and use it like any other app.

Try Geany if you don't want a heavyweight; it's in the repos. IMHO pretty similar to notepadqq.

BTW, I also have trouble with Qt apps crashing/freezing on Debian Stable. What distro/version are you on?

The Solaris version of vi, hardened against escape to shell and with no quality of life improvements. Builds character.

I also recommend giving up electricity and motor vehicles, real men calculate subnet masks by hand.

Notepadqq has given me crashes and issues for years, and I once lost data. I use gedit for notes and fancy code editors for everything else