I’m a Mint user, because I don’t want to use Windows 11, and I realized that about 95% of what I was doing on Win10 was FOSS. The only thing I miss is Notepad++.
I’m using Mint too, and have tried installing Notepadqq and Kate. Notepadqq just crashes immediately even with the fixes I found online.
Kate is really good, just be aware that the version in the Mint repo doesn’t save the session automatically. It can save it, but only manually, and only for saved files. It doesn’t recover files that haven’t been saved yet like Notepad++ does.
It works, but it’s a lot slower and clunkier. And looks worse. Probably could improve with some tweaking, but I don’t use its special features and addons that much, and gedit works quite well for me.
I’m a Mint user, because I don’t want to use Windows 11, and I realized that about 95% of what I was doing on Win10 was FOSS. The only thing I miss is Notepad++.
You could try Notepadqq, which is similar and runs natively on Linux
Edit: just learned this isn’t actively maintained anymore :/
Honestly, I think gedit might be the best play.
True, or Kate, definitely solid
I’m using Mint too, and have tried installing Notepadqq and Kate. Notepadqq just crashes immediately even with the fixes I found online.
Kate is really good, just be aware that the version in the Mint repo doesn’t save the session automatically. It can save it, but only manually, and only for saved files. It doesn’t recover files that haven’t been saved yet like Notepad++ does.
That’s good to know, ty for the info. I’m a nvim guy so these reccs are from limited experience, i appreciate your firsthand knowledge
No worries 🙂
You should be able to use Notepad++ with Wine.
The only way I interact with Wine is through Bottles, honestly. It just doesn’t seem worth the trouble to go through all that for a text editor.
Totally fair. I generally try to avoid it when I can. And it’s pretty rare that I can’t find a native Linux alternative that works for me.
I have it running with Wine on LMDE6. Only thing that doesn’t render properly are the individual document minimise/maximise/close buttons.
It works, but it’s a lot slower and clunkier. And looks worse. Probably could improve with some tweaking, but I don’t use its special features and addons that much, and gedit works quite well for me.
I’m surprised it has that much impact. I try to avoid wine when I can, but when I have used it I haven’t generally noticed it slowing anything down.