As a non-professional hobbiest, the biggest impact I can recall is that "vi" is universally included in every distro, while nano is not. vim is complicated, bu

As a non-professional hobbiest, the biggest impact I can recall is that "vi" is universally included in every distro, while nano is not. vim is complicated, but if you spend just an hour learning it's capabilities, your productivity will improve. vim is crazy(/overly?) complex though, so do not think you are alone.