Gedit can open text files, but your file is an archive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parchive
** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1085604 Title: Gedit taking 100% at launch, then crashing. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1085604/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs