Text Editors for Linux ...I prefer gEdit over Vim as its simple and no extra commands to memorize. gEdit Editor gedit is the default text editor for the GNOME desktop environment. This is a UTF-8 compatible text editor. Home Page: http://projects.gnome.org/gedit/ Latest Stable Release: 2.26.2 Written in: C, Python Operating System: Cross-platform Read more about gEdit at Wikipedia Read more about Linux text editors