Don't vi on me and tell me it's raining! Where's pico?

[MarkHaysHarris777]

This is an old, old thing of unresolvable contention.

There is no contention , nor is there anything to resolve. I personally could care less what editor you use , nor what your favorite compiler is.  The beauty of gnu+linux is that you are free to build whatever tool box you like , and you are free to become proficient at whatever toolset you find useful. In fact if you like you may also freely build your own kernel and assemble your own distro.  Knock your SoC(s) off, as they say...

... when I evaluate your distro for my next article , the first thing I will check immediately after htop , is vim.  If I find it your stock goes up... if I don't find it the article will condemn the distro as an incomplete and frail attempt not worth the time-- discussion over.