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

[Stelian Iancu <stelian.iancu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul Gestwicki wrote:

> 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.

At work I'm using Gentoo 1.4rc2 and at home Mandrake 9.0. I plan to switch
to Mandrake 9.1, but now I'm having second thoughts. 

Please open a bug report and post the link here, so I can CC on the bug.

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Regards,
Stelian Iancu
Linux registered user 287835