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I use it to run: Notepad++ (I just haven't found anything I like better than it) - runs great and developer knows people use Wine to run it and makes sure it wo

I use it to run: Notepad++ (I just haven't found anything I like better than it) - runs great and developer knows people use Wine to run it and makes sure it works Kaseya Live Connect / Remote Control (Kaseya RMM system) - the thing is basically a big QtWeb app, and runs surprisingly well TagScanner (an MP3 tag editing app, also works very well) Sometimes I think maybe I can run Office 365 on it, but I generally decide it's not worth screwing around with. I can totally get by fine with Evolution + EWS to connect to my Exchange server, and LibreOffice for editing documents.

spurgu 4y ago
I remember using Notepad++ back in the day (way over a decade ago when I still used Windows), mainly for it's speed and effortlessness in opening huge files, but also quite advanced feature set. > I just haven't found anything I like better than it I can personally highly recommend Sublime Text. The clear downside is that it costs money and is proprietary (the free version is usable though, with a nag screen) but it's lightning fast (and as Notepad++ also handles huge files gracefully) and highly extensible (although the built-in features are way more than enough for text editor use).
- LeonenTheDK 4y ago
  For me, I've developed this workflow where I'll use Sublime or VSCode for active development, then Notepad++ for one-off files, or as a kind of on-going scratchpad. There's no reason I couldn't use the other editors the same way, but it's become so ingrained into how I operate it's difficult for me to change my ways.
AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago
Put me down for NPP as well, and also PuTTY. Yes, I know that there are hundreds of SSH clients on Linux, but how many of them are also telnet and serial terminal clients as well? More importantly, it's what I'm used to.
- mkl 4y ago
  If by "SSH clients" you mean terminal emulators, the answer to > but how many of them are also telnet and serial terminal clients as well? is "all of them", and they all support way more such things than PuTTY too. I think what you're used to (e.g. the GUI rather than command line switches) is the only thing that counts here, as PuTTY is inferior in almost every other way.
  - AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago
    Terminal emulators, in my experience, are not sufficient to establish connections to serial devices on their own, especially not through the GUI. PuTTY does that without me having to look through a man page or --help dump or, as is more often the case, StackOverflow. I mean SSH clients. Terminal emulators don't do SSH on their own either. > PuTTY is inferior in almost every other way. Not in any way that has ever mattered to me.
    - mkl 4y ago
      Sorry if I came off a bit harsh. There is no problem with using PuTTY if it works for you and is what you're used to. If you're interested in learning more terminal stuff, you may be able to do better for your purposes. Infodump follows. A terminal emulator is the interface through which you access programs like SSH clients and Telnet clients, much like a web browser is an interface through which you access videos, news, etc., so it doesn't make much sense to talk about what it does on its own - it exists to run other programs. Technically, any program on Linux can access serial devices; even basic commands like cp and cat can talk usefully to serial devices for some simple purposes (e.g. short plotter drawings can just be sent to the serial port with cat, and my plotter will draw them - drawings bigger than the plotter's buffer need something a little more sophisticated). PuTTY bundles together a terminal emulator, SSH client, and Telnet client. When you connect to something it's running the appropriate client in its terminal emulator. It's not an SSH client that supports Telnet, and its terminal emulator doesn't do SSH on its own (e.g. mintty is based on PuTTY's terminal emulator, without the SSH client).
signaru 4y ago
Wasn't NotepadQQ a supposed Linux alternative? (I'm normally fine with whatever default GUI text editor there is, so I'm not sure how it compares to Notepad++).
- nichos 4y ago
  Notepad next seems to have taken it's place. It has active development. https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext

spurgu 4y ago

I remember using Notepad++ back in the day (way over a decade ago when I still used Windows), mainly for it's speed and effortlessness in opening huge files, but also quite advanced feature set. > I just haven't found anything I like better than it I can personally highly recommend Sublime Text. The clear downside is that it costs money and is proprietary (the free version is usable though, with a nag screen) but it's lightning fast (and as Notepad++ also handles huge files gracefully) and highly extensible (although the built-in features are way more than enough for text editor use).

LeonenTheDK 4y ago
For me, I've developed this workflow where I'll use Sublime or VSCode for active development, then Notepad++ for one-off files, or as a kind of on-going scratchpad. There's no reason I couldn't use the other editors the same way, but it's become so ingrained into how I operate it's difficult for me to change my ways.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago

Put me down for NPP as well, and also PuTTY. Yes, I know that there are hundreds of SSH clients on Linux, but how many of them are also telnet and serial terminal clients as well? More importantly, it's what I'm used to.

mkl 4y ago
If by "SSH clients" you mean terminal emulators, the answer to > but how many of them are also telnet and serial terminal clients as well? is "all of them", and they all support way more such things than PuTTY too. I think what you're used to (e.g. the GUI rather than command line switches) is the only thing that counts here, as PuTTY is inferior in almost every other way.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago
  Terminal emulators, in my experience, are not sufficient to establish connections to serial devices on their own, especially not through the GUI. PuTTY does that without me having to look through a man page or --help dump or, as is more often the case, StackOverflow. I mean SSH clients. Terminal emulators don't do SSH on their own either. > PuTTY is inferior in almost every other way. Not in any way that has ever mattered to me.
  - mkl 4y ago
    Sorry if I came off a bit harsh. There is no problem with using PuTTY if it works for you and is what you're used to. If you're interested in learning more terminal stuff, you may be able to do better for your purposes. Infodump follows. A terminal emulator is the interface through which you access programs like SSH clients and Telnet clients, much like a web browser is an interface through which you access videos, news, etc., so it doesn't make much sense to talk about what it does on its own - it exists to run other programs. Technically, any program on Linux can access serial devices; even basic commands like cp and cat can talk usefully to serial devices for some simple purposes (e.g. short plotter drawings can just be sent to the serial port with cat, and my plotter will draw them - drawings bigger than the plotter's buffer need something a little more sophisticated). PuTTY bundles together a terminal emulator, SSH client, and Telnet client. When you connect to something it's running the appropriate client in its terminal emulator. It's not an SSH client that supports Telnet, and its terminal emulator doesn't do SSH on its own (e.g. mintty is based on PuTTY's terminal emulator, without the SSH client).

signaru 4y ago

Wasn't NotepadQQ a supposed Linux alternative? (I'm normally fine with whatever default GUI text editor there is, so I'm not sure how it compares to Notepad++).

nichos 4y ago
Notepad next seems to have taken it's place. It has active development. https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext