On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 21:29:40 +0000, Matt Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Qian Qiao wrote: > |> Hi, I am wondering whether it is worth trying to install eclipse > |> with 256meg of RAM. I have tried netbeans and it was a complete > |> dog. Has anyone got any experience with this? Cheers Antoine > | > | The problem isn't how many megs you memory you have, is how many megs > | of memory you allow your jvm to use. Google for jvm tweaking, you'll > | find something very interesting. > > Actually, I didn't find that was the case, though it may have been down > to a different setup (Debian vs. Gentoo IIRC) but my old work machine > (Debian w/1Gb RAM) handled Eclipse just fine and the visual editor > worked flawlessly with no noticeable slow down. However, when using the > visual editor on my home machine (Gentoo w/512Mb RAM) I noticed > considerable slowdown, though it was just about useable (but a pain in > the arse), thankfully the normal editor wasn't too bad (but again, I > noticed slowdown). > > In short, you'll probably notice some slowdown, but Eclipse is the best > IDE I've ever used and it's worth it :) [*]
The intention of my post is to tell Antoine to get the most out of his system. I agree, physical limits are limits. :) -- Joe -- Money can't buy everything. Sometimes money can't even buy a gun... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
