If you like using Notepad++(IT RULES) in windows. 

For Linux it would be Notepadqqit's pretty much the same by far the closes to Notepad++

Open a Terminal Window (I use TERMINATOR lol Terminal)
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:notepadqq-team/notepadqq
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install notepadqq

(I will add a screen shot here later)

Then you can find it under Development "Notepadqq source code editor"

I'm pretty much done with Windows I stay on Linux 99.99999% of the time then try to do Windows in VM.
Xubuntu NO UNITY garbage.