Eclipse 3.4 on Linux 64 bit

It was a pain in the ass to install eclipse 3.4 on linux machine.
When you try to install eclipse on linux, it is always better to install the latest versions of Java, Eclipse. Do not try to mix things, it will screw your life. JRE downloaded from Sun will not work with eclipse in this case. Eclipse crashes very frequently when I used Sun JRE. This happens when build automatically is turned on or when we try to compile a file. The best option I could find was IBM Java 6. Download it and use it with eclipse 3.4.

Download IBM's Java 6
Download Eclipse 3.4 for 64 bit Linux

Modify eclipse.ini file by adding,
-vm
/users/me/jdk1.6/bin/java

Create a eclipse.sh file and export JAVA_HOME.

export PATH=/users/me/jdk1.6/bin:$PATH

Add language and encoding related informations if necessary.

Use eclipse.sh to launch eclipse.

This might solve some of your issues, but it seems that 3.4 is not working properly on Linux.
I may be missing some more information. Dialogs and Wizards does not show up most of the times. I have no clue what is going on in the background. One thing I noticed was, they removed the concept of .eclipseextension, now we have not so good option available through Software Updates. You can add a Local site and point to different plugin directories. This automatically copies the available plugins to the base eclipse installation. I do not find it good.

Xming on Vista

One way to use Xming on Vista :-
It was hard for me to set up Xming on vista owing to my lack of experience in Unix based systems. Xming is a free X windows server for Windows (Xp/2003/Vista).

Download and install Xming server, Xming fonts. Start XLaunch and connect to a Linux machine by providing the required information.

Update "X0.hosts" in your local system, add ip address of the UNIX machine where you want to connect to.

Telnet using puTTY to UNIX machine and export DISPLAY,

bash$ export DISPLAY=your windows machine ip address : 0.0
xterm &

This will export the UNIX machine display to your windows machine.

Some useful links:

http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System

http://xray1.physics.sunysb.edu/~micros/beamline/node47.html

Life and Death

Sometimes I think about death (The absence of life or state of being dead - from wordweb), but not for more than one minute. Some people say that they are not afraid of dying and if that is the case then I really appreciate such people. When I think about death, I become valueless and my importance in this world go below zero. It's interesting when you really imagine a world without "you". Basically I am a pessimist but when I think about death, all my worries and problems ran away like never before. Ok let me forget about death, it's been more than one minute!!!!.

I bike to my office everyday and I have to ride on the expressway for one mile. It is a risk but I do not have any other option. Today I found an animal dead near the side walk. And I always meet a wild rabit when I take a shortcut between two expressways. He/She used to ran away when I apporach but now a days I see a small change. I am happy that my rabit friend started considering me as a friend. I love children and animals. When I talk about child I should say that they are the most beautiful and pure in this world. But the same world make them less beautiful when time passes. Life sucks most of the time but it gets interesting sometimes and I always live for those moments. I always get what I wished but I always gets it late. But the important thing is that I always get it :-). I have started complaining less to God, and I have started saying thanks to him. Give me strength God, let me spend a little time in this not so bad world and come back to you. It's meaningless if I can not do what I am supposed to do here. Do or Die??????