Feature added by: Ivo Anjo (knuckles) Feature #308876, revision 1 Title: Include GNU nano in default install, livecd and install medias openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Ivo Anjo (knuckles) Description: GNU nano is a very small and user-friendly text editor. There are lots of tips and resources and how-tos on the internet for linux that use nano when simple command-line text editing is needed. The lack of nano on opensuse means that most users can get stuck if they need to use a rescue system or live system to edit some files, and most suggestions point to using vi, which although very powerful and a better editor, is not user-friendly at all. (Ever tried to rescue a system over the phone, and had to step someone through editing a file using vi?) The nano rpm for opensuse 11.2 comes in at 350K, so even installed nano has a very small footprint. Ubuntu, Gentoo and many other distros include nano in their rescue, live, and default installs, and even as their default editor when using the shell. I know a possible alternative is joe, but joe is very unknown, and most people never know what it is or that it is there. (Small popularity experiment using google trends here (http://www.google.com/trends?q=nano+linux+-ipod%2C+joe+linux&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=2) .) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308876