Dont believe him...
There's ha fight over there, you can se it here:
First : w_w_w.itworld.com/AppDev/575/swol-1095-software/
There are lots of em, depends on what are u pretending to do, the most experienced users prefer emacs, vi, even pico...
But asuming that u are not, or just looking for another program. You should see...at leats give a chance to:
kdevelop. I know you have seen this.
qtdevelop. This guy looks a lot vbasic or the other visual thing on wintendo.
glade: I know you have seen this too.
There are others, but I know you probably end using emacs, pico(comes in pine), or maybe but less probaly vi.