Linux editors
Command line editors
Command line editors are useful when the installation does not have a graphical desktop installed or you are accessing the system using a remote terminal application e.g.ssh. They require the user to remember key combinations to use them.
vi
This is usually included in Linux distributions.
nano
This is usually included in Linux distributions.
Graphical editors
gedit
This has a graphical user interface.
It usually needs to be installed using:
sudo apt-get install gedit