Using vim has nothing to do with ones ability to troubleshoot compiler/ubuntu issues. Plus both compiler and ubuntu issues can be massive PITA to solve even if

Using vim has nothing to do with ones ability to troubleshoot compiler/ubuntu issues. Plus both compiler and ubuntu issues can be massive PITA to solve even if you're familiar with them. Personally, if I'm trying to install something on whim to try it out and I start getting "no such file or directory" errors I'd be upset that something is going wrong.