I’ve just given this a quick try in Windows (sorry, didn’t want to infect Linux with MS stuff) and… it’s pretty good.

I might install it in Linux although I’ll probably still use nano.

The Zero 2W is cheaper and pretty much the same spec as the Pi 3.

You should be able to use the Compose key on Linux for easy typing of accented characters. eg. Compose ’ e = é

I found this handy snippet to enable these keys in GTK 2 and 3 (not sure of the equivalent for GTK 4 but I guess that’s the one which has been updated anyway): https://forum.colemak.com/topic/1438-dreymars-big-bag-of-keyboard-tricks-linuxxkb-files-included/#p10012

Unfortunately I’ve found this whilst I’m not at the right computer so I haven’t been able to test them.

Edit: I tested this and it doesn’t appear to have helped.

MacOS should use CUPS - I believe Apple developed it or at least did some major work on it.

Yep, SANE is great.

As a non-free alternative, VueScan is pretty good too.

Muon.

Does SSH, SFTP and other stuff.