[joe_the_user]

Hmm, "Easy Start For New Vim Users"???

As someone who has generally thought of Vim as the most pathological creation of computer-land ever, there isn't anything in this site that seems aimed to change that impression or even communicate what vi/vim is.

Moreover, I suspect the majority of computer users feel a similar an antagonism to vi/vim and so anyone who's talking about an introduction to vim ought to, uh, explain it.

Moreover, I am a full-time Linux user and I have actually used vi to accomplish small tasks. I can't imagine someone in the know getting anything from this site.

[stakent]

Well, its not an informational site. Cream is an integrated set of macros which makes starting of vim use less painfull. It works under Linux and Windows.

I use vim on remote hosts.

I'm curious which distribution contains vi?

[mattdawson]

Well, Arch Linux for one. At least until you upgrade it yourself.

I can't imagine that Arch is the only one either. Xubuntu, anyone? Ubuntu comes default with some strange flavor of vim that I can't stand, so I always install vim-nox ASAP on new machines.

[philwelch]

Xubuntu has vim 7.1.138 by default. That's not so out of date.

[jcw]

NetBSD comes with nvi, which is a clone of the original vi: http://www.bostic.com/vi/

[LogicHoleFlaw]

AIX comes with vi by default.