Linux: Font + Fixing Eclipse (IBM VM)

Font Enhancement: http://keramida.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/dejavu-condensed-as-default/ (Condensed is much better)... for general use.

I've also switched my fixed-width font to Droid Sans Mono:
http://hivelogic.com/articles/top-10-programming-fonts
//modified zero version in comments of link
//I tried Inconsolata, but didn't really like it
Update: I'm using Deja Sans Mono Book - Slightly Cleaner

Also, I suggest using a Murrine based theme (seems much faster):

Eclipse under Sun's 64Bit JVM sucks... badly enough that I have been considering switching back to Windows --

I've just installed IBM's 64Bit VM:
http://dmartin.org/weblog/eclipse-ubuntu-linux-amd64

Noticeable initial lags (maybe a slower form of hotspot; I don't care this isn't for production, but after an initial hit it seems noticeably speedy) -- hopefully this will fix all the GUI glitches (e.g trashing my perspective layout, crashing hard on open type hierarchy or Findbugs, random lags, etc... missing buttons (expand/contract... was awful).

Interestingly; there are noticeable GC differences - when running say Findbugs the memory usage increases rapidly and GC's... this seems quite different from the usual much more gradual increase under Sun's VM -- oh, and it is *much* faster.

IBM's VM and the Condensed Font change have made Eclipse awesome again... We'll see after a couple days...