Is there an easy to use Equalizer for Ubuntu based Distros?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Hi,
Thanks for the detailed info re conf files and also Aptitude. 
You mentioned text editors and thats actually a question I've been meaning to ask this list but havn't got around to it.
What text editors do you guys like to use? 
I don't really want to use Visual Studio as my understanding is its developed by Microsoft and I'd much prefer an open source alternative. Besides I don't even know if Visual Studio would run on Linux anyways. 
I used to have Notepad++ on Windows, is it accessible on Linux?
And are there other text editors out there that are accessible and also beginner friendly?
Thanks,
SL