Evil mode makes org-mode very approachable for anyone familiar with vim. Grab doom emacs or spacemacs if you want it to just work.
Also, Elegant[1] is an attractive and simple config. It would probably be worth packaging it or something very similar up with CUA bindings and marketing it as just a standalone notetaking app with Emacs just being an implementation detail.
Also, Elegant[1] is an attractive and simple config. It would probably be worth packaging it or something very similar up with CUA bindings and marketing it as just a standalone notetaking app with Emacs just being an implementation detail.
[1] https://github.com/rougier/elegant-emacs