I remember the time when Linux jokes were about audio drivers and X11 config files, but audio has long been working out of the box, and X11 is already dead and cremated.

Even recompiling kernel now takes around five minutes instead of two hours, so that joke is irrelevant too.

So all we are left with is timeless discussion of which text editor is the best, and dumping on Windows.

Real answer: those things matter to me because a quick frictionless experience very heavily dependant on muscle memory really helps with my ADHD. Laggy interfaces, having to hold left key for several seconds, and similar issues quickly pull my out of my train of thought.

It's not about shaving 2 minutes off my day, it's about not interrupting the flow.

Most tradespeople will have favoured tools. It might be for woodworking, plumbing, electrics, plastering or writing code.

There's little point in being tribal about it, but conversations will happen.

when nerds fight, it's the text editors that suffer

Because there is only one objectively right answer. Anyone who use anything else is no true unix user.

You mean a Rubik’s cube.