Eclipse and Linux...lesson 1: workspace in use message

With my new job (Nokia Interactive Advertising) I am now using Eclipse on Linux (and my traditional NetBeans but that's more work since we are really an eclipse shop). One issue I had to resolve was around Eclipse refusing to start and reporting "workspace in use". Apparently this is more common to see on Linux (which I can relate to since I never saw it on Windows). I resolved this by deleting the file:

$workspace_dir/.metadata/.lock

Thanks to http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/96509133/m/885009595731 for that posting.