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

[Paul Gestwicki <pvg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stelian Iancu wrote:
> 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.

  What distro are you using?  I'm using the GTK version on KDE 3.1 and 
Mandrake 9.1, and it won't stop crashing.