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Frank Kargl wrote:

> I just installed JBuilder for Linux and I have to admit I'm quite
> disapointed because of its performance.
>
> I'm using
> - JBuilder 3.0 Foundation
> - Sun/Inprise JDK 1.2.2 RC1
> - Pentium III 450, 256 MB RAM, Matrox G400,
>   Suse Linux 6.2, xfree86-3.3.4
>
> Display of windows, typing of text etc. is so slow that you really just
> can't use it. Am I doing something wrong or is this just another
> demonstration of 'You can't use Java for ordinary applications?'.

After some initial delays due to class loading the editor should be able to
keep up with your typing without any problems on that machine.  We haven't
done extensive testing on any distribution except Red Hat at this point,
though we've tried the installer and some basic behavior elsewhere, so it's
always possible that there's something unusual going on with Suse 6.2.

Dragging splitters and other actions that require us to repaint large
portions of the browser window are still too sluggish for our liking on
Linux.  Work on the 1.2.2 Linux JDK was primarily focused on stability and
the addition of debugging support features (JPDA was released after 1.2.2.)

There was one problem that should have been fixed in RC1 of the JDK, but
that I have not personally tested.  While running or debugging an
application, the IDE itself would slow down dramatically.  Is it possible
that this is still the case?

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Blake Stone
JBuilder Architect
Inprise / Borland