That said, if distros included default .vimrc files that were geared more towards modern newbies (since us old farts can probably figure out how to customize things easier than they can)... probably, we wouldn't hear about so many newer Linux users preferring nano

E37: No write since last change

When I worked in a college computer lab in the early 00's we joked that the more secret you want a piece of info to be, the larger the font you should use when you post on the lab door.