After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad
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ed is better
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Notepad has long been a testbed for new technology in Windows. This isn't just a sign of enshittification, it's a warning that they want to do more.
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Those are 2 different use case pieces of software . NP++ is an editor while vscode is an IDE
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Install time? Startup time? Useless bloat?
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Sounds like they're slipping cloud based AI assistance into the deal, which is the opposite of what Notepad is "good" for.
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Linux
End of conversation.
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Thanks god that I'm not using windows for 4 years now, and at least notepad++ exists.
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The recent update was the first time in decades they've touched it. How has it 'long been a testbed of new technology' ?
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Clearly this is a controversial statement. I'm team "use what's available and preference tools that get the job done quickly."
I work in several different languages. VSCode has TreeSitter and a bevy slick plug-ins. NP++ does not. I can use VSCode on both Windows and Linux. I will hands down pick VSCode over NP++ every time.
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lol fuck that
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I think that's the start of the conversation. Which Desktop Environment?
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I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple does something like this too at some point in the future
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It literally is. It's part of the KDE Plasma desktop.
The Vim, nano command line text editors being there doesn't mean Kate isn't an OS app.
Would you say the Dolphin file explorer isn't an OS/system app on the basis that you can use commands like cd, mv, cp, pwd in terminal? Because I certainly wouldn't.
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Well… it just removes so much toxicity from the outset
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IMO:
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want to show off? i3wm with gaps and rofi for menu launcher. Add it some transparency effects too.
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want the MacOS style? Gnome. Default on a lot of distros.
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want something stable? XFCE. Install and forget.
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LLMs in general is a tool no in one asked for
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For plain text, either nano on CLI or whatever built in basic text editor comes with LMDE.
Windows I used notepad, from now on I’ll add ++
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Sublime can do all of that as well, but it's more performant, has better shortcut keys, and IMO it has much nicer navigation for larger files (gives you a sort of eagle-eye's view of the entire document next to the scrollbar). That's all very much a personal preference thing of course.
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Things preventing me from moving to Linux : video games and Adobe Lightroom.
