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[torkell]

As nice as Eclipse is, it doesn't half chew through memory. 280MB and counting before I restarted it to try and free some up (this machine only has 512MB of memory). Then again, it is a Java IDE written in Java and so completely out of control.

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[torkell]

I think I installed the works (SDK, runtime, everything). I might try pruning that back a bit.

As far as the runtime goes, I'm using IBM's version of Java 5.0.

[13th-einherjar.livejournal.com]

Sun's Java 6.0 is out.

Also, there are a bunch of white papers at java.sun.com about tweaking the garbage collector. You could probably get it to do a better job on memory if you're willing to sacrifice a bit of throughput, and might gain some overall if it reduces the swap file usage.