Ever since my last Eclipse 3.3 install broke down due to a botched update, I have given up using it and started using Vim. I still keep an eye out for new developments for the platform though. The recent release version 3.4 codenamed Ganymede had a lot of promise.

I tried the latest version of Eclipse the other night. As usual, I downloaded the “Eclipse Classic” tarball for Linux. It’s an iffy release to say the least, akin to KDE 4.0. There have been major changes in the platform itself. But the most visible part is the way plugins are managed and installed. Personally I had high hopes for the new UI as the old one was a bit unwieldy to work with. Unfortunately, the new UI still needs a lot more work done. The main problem I had with the new UI is that even the plugins that already came with the package I downloaded still show up int the Available Software window. There also appears to be a bug where if you check and then uncheck a plugin, it will still install that plugin. There are also some new issues and regressions introduced by the new UI that they still have to work on.

Right now, I’m back to using Vim. Eclipse 3.4 is just too flaky for me at the moment.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dave Matthews Band saxophone player LeRoi Moore, one of the group’s founding members and a key part of its eclectic jazz-infused sound, died Tuesday from sudden complications stemming from injuries he sustained in an all-terrain vehicle accident in June. He was 46.

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