Sublime Text
The same fast text editor, with official Linux installer files and repositories from Sublime HQ.
Our verdict
Sublime Text moves across without any fuss. Sublime HQ list Linux downloads on the same page as the Windows ones, in the two installer formats Linux systems normally use, and they run a repository so updates arrive with the rest of your system updates.
Your setup comes with you. Copy your settings and key bindings over, install the same packages, and it looks and behaves exactly as it did.
The licence is the thing to be clear about. You can download it and evaluate it with no time limit, but continued use is meant to be paid for, and a personal licence includes three years of updates rather than every future version. It is not free software and it is not on Flathub, so get it from sublimetext.com.
What's good
- Sublime HQ publish proper Linux installer files for Ubuntu-style and Fedora-style systems
- Your settings, key bindings and packages carry straight across
- Starts and opens huge files faster than most editors
- You can try it for as long as you like before paying
What to know first
- Not free, and the personal licence covers three years of updates rather than forever
- Not open source
- No longer on Flathub, so the download comes from the Sublime Text site
The details
- Cost
- Paid
- Open source
- No (Proprietary)
- How you install it
- .deb installer, .rpm installer, Built-in app store
Windows apps it can replace
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