r/linux4noobs • u/medrinnn • May 31 '26

programs and apps Visual Studio Alternative For Linux

please any good alternative for visual studio bc I hate bloated electron apps aka vsc and also wanna use Linux but visual studio is not supported on Linux nor I wanna use wine for it I want a native ide for Linux like visual studio

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u/dme4bama May 31 '26

Vim lol

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u/medrinnn May 31 '26

How to learn vim and be fast ?

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u/devdruxorey May 31 '26

Use it, force yourself to learn, and then you'll see that it's natural.

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u/Friendly-Inspector71 May 31 '26

Vimtutor as an easy starting point.

Then maybe a cheat sheet for the first couple of months

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u/truethug May 31 '26

Print out a cheat sheet

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u/FAMPpro May 31 '26

I dont like the idea of cheat sheets. Its way bloated with useless shortcuts which beginners don't need. a better way is to google it when you want to use shortcuts

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u/g1rlchild May 31 '26

Or cull a cheat sheet down to essentials yourself.

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u/ratoyantra May 31 '26

I got motivated to use vim cuz of theprimeagen. Been two years and I'm loving it.

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u/GlassboundIllusion Nvidia Bazzite with KDE Plasma May 31 '26

Use the tutor command: :Tutor

I just discovered this myself after having slowly taught myself many of the commands over the years with a cheat sheet I printed out and pinned to my desk. It's a nice tutorial.

I've heard you can get it to autocomplete like Visual Studio does, but I don't know how configure those kinds of plugins. It's hard for me to imagine it fully replacing something like being able to class search in Eclipse, but if it can be configured to do that, I might see if I can switch even on my Windows laptop for work.

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u/_Ryner Jun 04 '26

If it's a word you've already typed, you can autocomplete it with CTRL + p

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u/GlassboundIllusion Nvidia Bazzite with KDE Plasma Jun 04 '26

Sorry, I meant syntax sensitive autocompleting. For instance, if you start typing "set" and get a suggestion for all the setter methods in a given class.

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u/studiocrash Jun 01 '26

Start with vimtutor. It’s built into vim and will get you familiar with the basics pretty quickly.

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u/CardiologistLeft4030 Jun 02 '26

Vim is so good once you start to understand the motions and reasoning behind why the keys do what they do. It takes some rewiring of your brain and will feel unnatural for a little while but once it clicks it’s awesome.

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u/FAMPpro May 31 '26

I think you write programs then try do some simple add plus minus logic programs. You will find yourself wanting to use shortcuts and thats the way I learned. And google shortcuts when you need one :q to quit btw

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u/versus666 May 31 '26

:q! Will never fail, in case of emergency.

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u/thetwelvegates12 May 31 '26

Theres vim cheat sheet mousepads too

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u/CapitalNothing2235 May 31 '26

But why? Do Vim users even have a mouse?

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u/NotStanley4330 May 31 '26

Nope threw my mouse in the trash /s