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.

[–] drath@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

X11 is already dead and cremated

[–] PointyFluff@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 hours ago

seriously . wayland is hot dumpster sludge

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago

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

[–] roundup5381@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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

[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 hours ago

Neovim-HEAD or you’re a boomer.

[–] southernwolf@pawb.social 2 points 23 hours ago

Helix, the true choice among champions.

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

Windows 11 Notepad.

[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 1 points 17 hours ago

The AI helps me corrupt my .txt faster.

[–] TheV2@programming.dev 1 points 1 day 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 17 hours ago

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

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 6 points 1 day ago (1 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 1 day ago (1 children)

Bullshit, gedit is great

[–] AntEater@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

How long before gedit depends on systemd??

[–] Carighan@piefed.world 4 points 1 day 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

[–] brie_cheese@piefed.ca 1 points 1 day ago

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

[–] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day 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 1 day 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 4 points 1 day ago

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

[–] InputZero@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

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

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

You mean a Rubik’s cube.