Foundations Command Line Basics: External UNIX Shell course uses Nano about curriculum HOT 3 OPEN

I was not asked but knowing how to use nano is a good thing - if learners don't configure git correctly, their default text editor will be nano. Many answers on SO or AskUbuntu suggest using nano and people don't realise they could use a different text editor. Same would apply for sudoedit if no editor is provided.

My recollection isn't that great but I do believe using nano never was a pain point ever for learners while going through this content. The note is quite clear that many programmers are fans of particular editors and that VSCode belongs to a different group (graphical) than vim and emacs.

Furthermore, this resource has historically caused problems for WSL2 users (#27338) so stacking even more exceptions would put inclusion of this great resource in jeopardy. I call it a great resource because ever since the lesson has been revamped to use it, the volume of questions relating to using CLI has dropped significantly.

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@TheOdinProject/foundations Any thoughts on this?

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Not an issue exclusive to maintainer feedback - your insight and opinion is also absolutely kore than valid, thank you! Just thought since I'm personally less familiar with this part and potential community pain points, I'd open the discussion in case there are things that are deemed appropriate to do!

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