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Has Java ever been big on the Linux desktop? Vuze is the probably only Java app that I've used for more then four minutes.

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It's more common in a server environment. I'd expect to see more Java installs as the popularity of JVM-based language implementations rise, such as JRuby, Clojure, and Scala. I am, for instance, working on putting together a JRuby stack for my company's web applications.

That's what I thought when I read this article. I've been using linux for years and I only remember to have used on Java App: jabref.

Funny, everybody on Linux seems to have exactly one Java app... mine's jBidwatcher.

I have exactly one too - the jabber server daemon Openfire.

I know it's exactly one because sometimes I want to quickly check if it's running and that's just a "ps -A | grep java" :P

or you could just do "jps" :P

Eclipse, OpenOffice.

My list is jEdit (used on Linux), SmartCVS/SmartSVN (Linux/Win/OS X still get used sometimes, but much less - moved away to git/bzr), Azureus (on OS X, least used of them all thanks to Transmission and now uTorrent).

jEdit's pretty popular with some people.

True, but speed isn't something a text editor really has to worry too much about, as long as it's fast enough not to be irritating.

1. This isn't true for complex text editors.

2. Java isn't slow if that's what you were insinuating. According to the shootout game the java vm is generally faster than mono.

Interactive response is not measured with a number crunching benchmark. It's measured by UI latency. Eclipse itself (assuming SWT is considered better than Swing) is still remarkably slow when compared to MonoDevelop.

I see you haven't used Nedit.

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