[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Too Slow

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If your system is paging a lot (which I suspect it is) I would recommend 
adding a bit of RAM.  256MB seems a bit low by today's standards, and 
even adding only 128MB could make a huge difference.

D.

keclipse wrote:
> Hi,
> After checking out many ide's on linux env , i found eclipse to my liking.
> Problem is that it is too slow. My main(only) use is C++ . 1. It takes 
> too long to start up
> 2. After that whatever i do like right click or even changing focus ,it 
> takes agaes to update.
> 3. It took me 3 hr to write a 10 line code , no kidding :-)
>
> 4. I like everthing about it ,other then first 3 points
>
> My Platform:
> CPU=Intel P4 2.4 Ghz
> Memory=256 MB
> Linux kernel/distro =2.6.12-10-386/kubuntu
> Desktop=KDE 3.5.1
> Java(java --version)=java version "1.4.2"
> gij (GNU libgcj) version 4.0.2 20050808 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 
> 4.0.1-4ubuntu9)
>
> ECLIPSE=Platform Runtime Binary(only,which is 27 MB and not 103 MB)
>        eclipse-platform-3.1.2-linux-gtk.tar.gz  PLUGIN=CDT 3.02
>
> Thats all.
>
> Is there anyway i can increase the speed/response-time of eclipse. I 
> have no idea about java , am i missing some trick here ?
> Or is it my requirement does not match up ?
>
> Thanks all