This is default text editor which has many inbuilt features in it, like syntax highlighting for many popular languages. Many preferences and many features can be modified on the go which is helpful for many programmers of different languages. It is free as it s inbuilt which is more handy when it comes to editing with all normal features included.

There are a few positive things I can say about gedit. It's available as part of GNOME and set as the default text editor, so chances are you will run into using it as some point or another. It is also simple and fairly easy to use. gedit also supports syntax highlighting and customizable indentation.

As described in the title, it is the default text editor used in ubuntu. For me, it is one of the very best, as it is flexible with many features and highly customizable.