[bobochan]

I had a similar path to nano. Pico was the default editor for the Pine email client, and I still use Alpine for work decades later. I am generally an emacs user, but nano / pico definitely feel familiar and comfortable.

[cf100clunk]

Same background for me and I'm quite literate with vi and emacs if/as needed, so now Alpine (email client) and nano are one-for-one replacements.