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For all the issues that (rightly so) affect the popularity of linux, I don't think this one is high on the list. This is something that can be figured out in a

• wizzwizz4 6y ago
  If you know what Vim is called, yes.
  • phowat 6y ago
    I just tried this very naive query: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=linux%20editor%20opened%20how%20to%20close https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=linux%20editor%20opene... And the first hit teaches how to close vim. No need to know what is called.
    • wizzwizz4 6y ago
      You're assuming they know it's an editor.
      • phowat 6y ago
        Yes , people who were hired as interns to work on Linux know what a text editor is.
        • wizzwizz4 6y ago
          At first glance, less looks more like a text editor than vim (unless you've opened vim without a file, in which case the text is clear that you've just opened a text editor).
• tpoacher 6y ago
  that's assuming you can exit vim to launch your browser in the first place :p
• ClumsyPilot 6y ago
  I mean that it just adds to the pile of silly problems people experience with it, that don't need to be there. They add up.