That's the neat thing about open source: you can change it!

It's like the difference between renting and owning. When you rent, you can't really do much. If you own, if you don't like the wall color, paint it! Or tear it down, or DON'T replace the carpets! Or take a hammer and put holes in the wall to see what's inside.

And, because it's digital, you can make a million copies or delete them! It's like a holodeck! You do what you want. It serves you!

I use Zed Editor on a daily basis even though they push AI in it (it's purely opt-in, thankfully)

For alternative software, I usually ask AlternativeTo : https://alternativeto.net/software/notepad-plus-plus/?platform=linux&license=opensource

Edit: Some people seem to disagree and I'd like to know if it's related to Zed, AI in Zed or AlternativeTo, thanks in advance!

A must-be joke: vim

And seriously, Sublime

If its the ui you are looking for there is notepadqq

Geany

VSCodium

Or just run the exe under wine. It's foss so i'm not sure why it's never been ported.

Yeah the dev is notorious for sneaking in irrelevant political virtue signaling bullshit. I get that they want to do good to the world, but there are so many ways to do that without alienating your users. For example, partnering up with a charity. You know. Like VIM does.