[news.eclipse.tools] Re: [Q] Which Linux version of Eclipse is better ?

[Stelian Iancu <stelian.iancu@xxxxxxx>]

Stefan Buynov wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've been using Eclipse explicitly on Windows, and now I would like to
> try it on Linux (I'm a Linux newbie, however).
> I installed RedHat 8.0 distribution.
> I got confused when I saw two Linux distributions of Eclipse (for
> Motif and GTK). I read, that GTK is generally the UI of the Gnome
> desktop, but I didn't quite get what exactly is Motif (obviously a UI
> library, but should it be installed separately?).
> 
> I'd like to ask the Linux veterans which UI is better - Motif or GTK?
> Does KDE support either Motif or GTK?
> If I decide to use Motif, should I download it and install it, or is
> it included in RH 8 distribution?
> TIA.
> 
> Regards,
> Stefan

Well, GTK is better than Motif. At least, better looking :-). I don't
know about the speed though. I am using the latest release, GTK version
(2.1) on an Athlon XP machine with 512 MB RAM with KDE 3.1.1 and it
works fine. 

So I suggest the GTK version.

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Regards,
Stelian Iancu