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Re:How we turn $199 Chromebooks into Ubuntu-based code learn... by catern on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @04:58PM (#8144824)
Why not just use Gedit or Geany or any of the other many free software text editors available on Linux?
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Re:How we turn $199 Chromebooks into Ubuntu-based code learn... by adrianmalacoda on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @09:31PM (#8145854)
Probably the same reason they're using Ubuntu and Chrome: the alternatives, while free, aren't fashionable enough.
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Re:How we turn $199 Chromebooks into Ubuntu-based code learn... by Igglyboo on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @11:21PM (#8146143)
Except Ubuntu and Chrome are both really good products while still being fashionable.

I'd use Sublime any day of the week over Gedit even if it wasn't "cool"

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Re:How we turn $199 Chromebooks into Ubuntu-based code learn... by digisign on Thursday August 07, 2014 @06:31PM (#8150456)
Gedit is pretty bare-bones and not really a programmers editor despite a few features in that direction.

Geany, on the other hand is everything a beginner needs and without proprietary concerns.

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