I’m on team vim, but it is still interesting to me that the challenge has vim but not emacs. I would think that an introduction to Linux would include both.
Emacs is about enlightenment; enlightenment is a path to be walked not a destination; it is a journey you must choose.
Along the way, you might accidentally edit text files. That's not the point.
Anyway, makes sense to me why it's not default included.
And that's why I'm on team Vim. I rather not use a tool that needs/uses cult-like slogans to convince people to keep them hooked. I want the usefulness to be the reason, not some kind of belief system.
Nobody is 'hooked' on Emacs because of slogans. A person uses Emacs because they like it.
:q!
I use a vim implemented in Emacs Lisp -- evil-mode -- so I can have access to the rest of the usefulness of Emacs while also having everything model editing has to offer
The GP is joking, but I'll happily use a vim in Emacs while the reverse is impossible, and you can figure out what that means for your belief system
I also just use regular vim sometimes
Tools aren't teams
There is no path without an end.
vim is an order of magnitude bigger than the entire busybox package. In fact, it may be bigger than the entire system.
The point of learning vi is that it's nearly always available, even on a broken system and is often a key part of fixing broken systems, so learning the basics of it is more or less essential. Not even just Linux - I've had to bring up vi on an ancient HP-UX system once to get it to boot.
I don't think an intro to GNU/Linux really also needs to be an intro to a text editor at all. Just teach people the man command, tell them a few of the editors that exist, and maybe mention tools like vimtutor.