Eclipse IDE is practically an OS !
single original (kernel) definition !
- eclipse.org
size
- at 150M download its bigger than some distros !
multiple distribution variants
- aptana
- easyeclipse
even has a builder distribution
- yoxos
updates/addons/patches/plugins
- have dependancies
- 30 updates reqd immediately after base install !
- system updater that can run in background
- it has mirrored repositories of updates
- can crash during updates !
- its recommended to restart after updating
- some addons/features/plugins create incompatibilities !
- can be uninstalled
and
- it calls itself the system !
- it runs scripts
- it invokes browsers
- it has multiple perspectives/views