[news.eclipse.tools] Re: Slow performance on Linux GTK 2.1 M5

[cilquirm@xxxxxxxxx (Aadi Deshpande)]

On my configuration, a p3 500 with 384 MB ram, 20 gb hd, 512M swap,
running RH 8, ( and my video card sux ) I"m incredibly impressed with the
performance difference between M4 and M5.  

I have noticed, however, that the Sun JDK tends to run slower for me than
the comparable IBM JDK or Blackdown JDK, especially when it comes to
client applications.  

From the other reports I've read, performance should generally be better
on the M5 builds.  You might want to try a different JDK  ( either the
Blackdown or IBM versions )

-a

Gunnar Wagenknecht wrote:

> Hi!

> I tried 2.1 M5 this morning on a completly fresh Linux box (Gentoo 1.4rc2,
> XFree86 4.2.99.4, Gnome 2.0.3). X and Gnome run really fine and also
> accelerated with my Matrox G400 and nice anti-aliased fonts. The machine is
> an Intel Pentium III 700 Mhz with 512MB RAM, 80GB harddisk with around 1 GB
> swap space.

> I installed Sun JDK 1.4.1_01_i586 and Eclipse 2.1 M5 for Linux GTK. The
> first thing I noticed is the really slow feedback from Eclipse itself.
> Clicking a menu or button takes time.

> Examples:

> click toolbar icon for "New Project Wizards"
> -> around 15 Seconds till wizard choose dialog appears

> It's really slow. I can't work as fluent as in Windows. Any ideas what might
> cause this? Is it Eclipse? The Sun JDK?

> Thanks, Gunnar