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The Linux Upskill Challenge

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Re: The Linux Upskill Challenge

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I’m on team vim, but it is still interesting to me that the challenge has vim but not emacs. I would think that an introduction to Linux would include both.

Regardless of which team you're on or why, the base installs of almost every distro includes vi or vim, but many leave out emacs and nano. Since you have to pick one editor to be the first one taught, it makes sense to teach vim to avoid losing the learner.

Re: The Linux Upskill Challenge

#9
post #5

I’m on team vim, but it is still interesting to me that the challenge has vim but not emacs. I would think that an introduction to Linux would include both.

Regardless of which team you're on or why, the base installs of almost every distro includes vi or vim, but many leave out emacs and nano. Since you have to pick one editor to be the first one taught, it makes sense to teach vim to avoid losing the learner.

This is as it should be.

Emacs is about enlightenment; enlightenment is a path to be walked not a destination; it is a journey you must choose.

Along the way, you might accidentally edit text files. That's not the point.

Anyway, makes sense to me why it's not default included.

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