It fills a real need as the console-based text editor for people who don't know vi (and would usually use e.g. gedit rather than emacs). (I'm sure it has other

It fills a real need as the console-based text editor for people who don't know vi (and would usually use e.g. gedit rather than emacs). (I'm sure it has other purposes too, but it's the most motivating one I know.) Ubuntu X11 stopped working? Or perhaps you need to tweak the nginx config on that tiny VPS you're renting? If you don't know vim, nano is something that's very easy to use and often pre-installed.