Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Another Contender in the Editor Wars: ne

Talk to most geeks and they will have some sort of answer for the question "What is the best editor for the command line?" For many, it will be either emacs or vi. Those two choices, in my opinion, are a Coke vs. Pepsi sort of debate that will never be resolved. Others will respond with nano. What about those of us who just want to get stuff done with a minimum of fuss? For myself and others, I humbly submit ne, the nice editor.

Reasons for Distrust: Yahoo, Microsoft, Apple, FBI / NSA

It is common for a network or server administrator to talk about 'reducing the attack surface.' To use a house metaphor, it's ha...