решил тут глянуть, что же из себя представляет эклипс. установил из апта, создаю новый проект и получаю:
~ eclipse
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
# SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0xb7349bea, pid=3706, tid=3076056832
#
# JRE version: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (8.0_66-b01) (build 1.8.0_66-internal-b01)
# Java VM: OpenJDK Server VM (25.66-b01 mixed mode linux-x86 )
# Problematic frame:
# C [libgobject-2.0.so.0+0x31bea] g_type_check_instance_is_fundamentally_a+0x1a
#
# Failed to write core dump. Core dumps have been disabled. To enable core dumping, try "ulimit -c unlimited" before starting Java again
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /home/thambs/hs_err_pid3706.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# http://bugreport.java.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#
zsh: abort eclipse