[d0m]

Anyone using Eclipse can confirm that? I've moved away from that IDE for years because how slow it was. (Also because it was so damn hard to configure it the way I wanted)

I remember though putting somewhat similar in my config file.

[dekz]

The most notable change is probably the RAM disk, anyone with an SSD would be able to agree that eclipse is fast (more usable) when running on a drive with an SSD. All that compile on the fly as you're typing would be quite IO bound.

I use eclipse at work on a spinning disk and at home on an SSD, using the SSD makes an incredible difference.

[pan69]

I'm running Eclipse on Ubuntu (x64) on OpenJDK and it works fine. My hardware isn't particularly fast either. I might reboot one a week or so. I do have 8GB of memory though.

[bad_user]

For some reason, on Ubuntu x86, Eclipse is really slow for me.

IntelliJ Idea is much better. And now the community edition comes with capabilities for Android projects.

I recommend it instead of Eclipse.

[zokier]

What JVM you are running? See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2694965

[ashr]

Yes. With the eclipse.ini changes alone mine starts in 6 seconds now instead of 30+ seconds. Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 CPU, 4 GB DDR3 RAM.

[kleiba]

Out of curiosity, what are you using now?