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

[Andrea Desole <desole@xxxxxxx>]

Maybe you can try to build gtk by yourself. I did it on my Suse 8, and 
Eclipse runs without problems.

Andrea

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.