After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad
After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad
If you want full access to Notepad, Microsoft now requires users to pay, with the new changes to 40-year-old software adopting the 'freemium' model.

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Linux baby
39 5 ReplyFeels good
10 1 ReplyThat just raises the next question of which text editor to use
7 0 ReplyEMACS, EMACS, EMACS!
1 0 ReplyText editor, not OS!
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Just use your DE's default default. Like Kate in KDE.
NotepadQQ if you like Notepad++
6 0 ReplyI was expecting an eMacs vs vi flame war but somehow you’ve managed to piss off both camps by using a GUI. Well done.
7 0 ReplyUse GVim then 🤣🤣🤣
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Nano or vi or pico or whatever floats your boat 😈
5 0 ReplyVim though
2 0 ReplyHonestly, I'm thoroughly in the nano camp 😂
3 0 ReplyOh I don't really mind what anyone uses, vim is just a lot better than vi in my experience and typically gets aliased to vi when it gets installed. I'd hate for anyone to get vanilla vi with their distro and wonder why so many people like vi not realising most are probably using vim.
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