ok so im talking to my software engineering prof and hes doing research with motorola and uses eclipse.
he suggested i look into eclipse as an alternative IDE. before i start my search, i always ask sharky's peeps for advice.
right now im doin my undergrad in CS, already did c++,c did data structures, currently taking database structures and formal languages,next semester will be doing java, operating systems, and prolly unix programming.

can u guys give me some insight about eclipse, how it generally works, its pros and cons compared to visual studio, where i can look to get it (open source right) and helpful tutorials for noobs like me. thnx in advance
also would like tutorials for noobs for linux, i interested in that too!