What linux distribution should I virtualize from windows host to run Eclipse?

I need to use Eclipse on a Linux Virtual Box virtualization, Windows XP host, on a laptop. I don't know the specs of that laptop, but it's less than 2 years old.

My first choice of Linux distribution is Ubuntu, but I've heard that in Ubuntu, Eclipse is can be bugged or slow. I don't mind if it's slow. I only need t开发者_JAVA百科o know if there is a risk that it might not work, since I have a limited time to install and try that.

I would also like to know about any other linux distribution that does or does not work fine for you with Eclipse. Note: I only need to build a C++ project.

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Eclipse runs on Java.

Any linux distro (apart from command line ones) will do.

If you like Ubuntu go with it!

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Ubuntu will work just fine as an OS. I use eclipse in Ubuntu running on a VM in a cloud somewhere. So I can just remote desktop into it and pick up where I left off.

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Ubuntu should be OK. Just make sure to use the Sun's official Java (its in the repository) and not the openjdk (which is the default). For what I hear, this may speedup the things a little bit.

Disclaimer: I did not try to replace java.

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I'd hesitate at suggesting a distro like Ubuntu for your machine -- look at something like Arch which is simple to setup and relatively lean.