[quote]EmileZola wrote:
LIFTICVSMAXIMVS wrote:
Word! Java is much better with memory – its practically built in.
Makes me wonder why Java apps take so much ram…Just look at the rams consumption of Eclipse, limewire or other popular programs written in Java.
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This is exactly the reason I said “I don’t know about ‘better’” in my previous response to lifticvs’ comment. The problem with java ram usage is the same problem you’ll find common across all interpreted programming languages. First, the jvm is loaded into ram, so that itself consumes a good amount of resources. Then it has to interpret the java bytecode into machine code on the fly before running it. This means any classes to be run need to be loaded into ram, and then machine code created from there. There’s also a jit compiler for java which can take care of a lot of the overhead cerated by jvm interpretation, but that’s a bit beyond this discussion I think.
Traditional compiled languages, such as C/C++, are compiled into machine code before being run. This is a lot more efficient when it comes to execution, but drastically reduces things like runtime configurabilty, code portability (across platforms), and rapid development/testing (runtime errors are usually a lot easier to track down than compile time).
Edit: Also, as far as eclipse goes, it’s also running the java bytecode compiler constantly, and, if debugging or executing through eclipse, spawning off child jvms for those processes. Plus, some of the third party plugins are terribly designed/implmented. You’re right that it’s a ram whore, but there’s often good reason for it.
I’m running Kubuntu on my laptop, and I got all the multimedia stuff up and running finally, can play DVDs, wmv, real media, all that. It’s friggin sweet. I even got MLB.com video streams to play, which is sweet, so I can watch the Sox continue their dominance of the AL east.
I use it for school, so it’s nice to have it on my laptop too. I’ve used Suse in the past, which also has a nice package manager.
And GIMP rules! I still only know about 10% of all the tools, but I’ve had some fun with it.
I used to work in photoshop before my move to linux and I’d say the adaption to GIMP was not too bad.
The only thing is that it gets a little confusing if you have say 4-5 files opened at the same time since all the forms are separate windows, unlike Photoshop with it’s MDI forms, all embedded in a main windows.
Other than that, I really like the tool, it gets the jobs done and there’s a bunch of cool plugins. Just look at liquid rescale here : Examples - Liquid Rescale GIMP plugin
I have dual hard drives on my machine. I run Xp Media on one and then Fedora Core 8 on the other.
It is great to have, when I am doing any of my school work I use my Fedora to run Java and MYSQL. Then I have my XP for my games.
I am still a NEWB when it comes to Linux. But,I did pick up the Linux bible and it has helped me a ton. Has a lot of little secrets that helps me get by.