Best Linux Editors

Linux is an open source operating system developed by various organizations and persons. It was first released on 5 Octa��91. Now a days many systems run on the Linux platform including Personal Computers, Servers, Supercomputers, Televisions, PDAs, Tablets and Phones etc. It is remarkable that worlda��s top 10 fastest supercomputers run on the Linux platform.

Here we will give some Linux based applications which will help us to ease our work in this platform. There are various applications like Text editors, XML Editors, HTML Editors,A�Audio Editors,A�Video Editors, Subtitle Editors etc.

Linux Text Editors

There are lots of text editors for the Linux platform. Hare we are going to enlist some most popular text editors for Linux.

Vim Editor

Features

• It was first developed in 1991 by Bram Moolenaar and voted as the most popular by Linux Journal readers.
• It is an open source software and supports GNU general Public Licence.
• It is developed for both command line interface and graphical user interface.
• It is supported inA�UNIX, Linux, Windows, iOS, Android

It can be downloaded from this download link.

GEdit Editor

Features

• GEdit is also a general purpose text editor with ease of use.
• It is also a free software compatible with GNU General Public Licence.
• It is supported inA�UNIX, Linux, Windows platforms.

To download this editor click here.

Emacs Editor

Features

• It is a class text editor developed by Richard Stallman in 1976.
• It has over 1000 commands for use.
• It has many versions like XEmacs, forkes etc.
• It can be used in UNIX, Linux, Windows, Mac OS X platforms.

Click here to download this editor.

Bluefish Editor

Features

• It is a wide range editing software for text, HTML, XML etc.
• It is a free software compatible with GNU GPL.
• This editor can be executed inA�UNIX, Linux, Windows, Mac OS X

This editor can be downloaded from here.

Kate Editor

Features

• Kate Editor is the acronym for the KDE Advanced text Editor.
• It is a rich text editor with lots of features.
• This editor is supported inA�UNIX, Linux, Windows platforms.

This editor can be downloaded from thisA�download link

Linux XML Editor

Like the text editors there are lots of XML editors also. Here we will enlist some popular XML Editors.

EditiX

Features

• It is a very powerful and easy to use XML editor.
• It is developed for the ease of work of the developers.
• It is helpful for the XML and related XSLT, XSD Schema technology.
• It is supported by these platforms viz.A�UNIX, Linux, Windows.

It can be downloaded from thisA�download link.

Oxygen

Features:

• It is good XML editor software for the ease of work.
• Though it is not free software but a few bucks for this will not let you regret.
• It is suitable for UNIX, Linux, Windows platforms.

This XML editor can be downloaded from here.

Komodo

Features:

• It is a XUL IDE allowing developers in Python, Perl, XSLT open source languages.
• It also has lots of added features.
• It can be best used in UNIX, Linux, Windows platforms.

To download this XML editor, follow this link.

XML Pro v 2.0

Features:

• A Java Based XML Editor.
• It has features of drag ‘n’ drop, cut, paste.
• It is W3C XML 1.0 compliant.
• It is free for individuals but not for profitable organizations.
• It can be used in Windows, Linux, Solaris platforms.

To download this editor click here.

XML Copy Editor

Features

• It is fast and validates XML editor.
• Validation can be done against XSD, DITA, TEI, XHTML etc.
• It is available in different languages.
• It is free and suitable for multiple platforms like Linux, Windows etc.

It can be downloaded from this download link.

Linux Video Editor

There is some video editing software available for the Linux platform. Here we will see some details about the these editors.

Cinelerra

Features:

• Cinelerra is the best video editing software for the Linux.
• It just captures, compose and edit the video.
• The most dynamic feature is that it is frame rate and resolution independent.
• It also support high fidelity audio.

This video editor can be downloaded from this link.

KDEnlive

Features:

• KDEnlive stands for KDE Non-linear Video Editor.
• More popular among user as it has lots of effects, unlimited audio and video multitrack editing.

To download this editor click this link.

Kino

Features:

• Kino is one of the best video editing software mainly for Digital Video (DV).
• It supports a range of video cam.
• Ita��s one of the best feature is that it supports lots of video formats.

This can be downloaded from this download link.

LiVES

Features:

• Lives is also a powerful realtime and non-linear video editing software.
• It can mix and edit videos of realtime and non-linear at the same time.
• It is also resolution and frame rate independent.
• Additionally it also has VJ tools.

To download this editor click here.

PiTiVi

Features:

• PiTiVi is also similar type video editing open source software.
• It has GStreamer Multimedia Framework.
• It can handle any kind of video format.

PiTiVi can be downloaded from here.