If you are coming from Windows Platform and looking for Notepad++ alternative IDE, then Komodo edit will be one of the best option. Komodo Edit is a free, Open Source editor for PHP, Python, Ruby, Perl, Tcl and Javascript from ActiveState. Komodo edit is based on one of the most famous browser Firefox and has tons of feature like Automatic word completion, Automatic indentation, Multi- line Edit, cross-platoform (available on Windows, Mac, Linux) and so on.
Installing Komodo Edit on Ubuntu /Linux Mint
Open Terminal or press CTR+ALT+T to launch terminal and use commnads below one by one.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mystic-mirage/komodo-edit
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install komodo-edit
Komodo Edit short review -
Komodo edit is around 80MB, slightly slower than Geany and sublime text. support latest language SAAS, SASS, Python ,PHP ...,Also support framework like Laravel,Zend MVC project and so on . Try komodo edit and explore its features and if found soumething interesting then please comment .