[jsrcout]

Edit is unironically one of my favorite text editors these days. It opens incredibly fast compared to everything else I use, it's easy to use, works fine on Linux. It's not going to replace emacs or VS Code, but it's incredibly handy for basic editing chores.

[prima-facie]

Have you tried Micro? https://micro-editor.github.io/

[coffeebeqn]

If you don’t need to render rich text and want a plain text editor then TUIs are the least likely to get a bunch of dumb features