Java Developer Exploring Python

[SPE - Stani's Python Editor]

> Can anyone recommend an open source IDE for Python that runs on Linux?

A lot of SPE (http://pythonide.stani.be) users are on all kinds of
Linux flavours (but also Mac OSX and windows). I've started to use SPE
on Ubuntu. There could be some improvements. As soon as I have time
I'll implement them. If you want to try SPE, use for sure the latest
version 0.8.2.a

> Perhaps I will have to write a simple IDE for Python that integrates Glade and supports pyGTK when I have some more programming experience...

Have a look at PIDA then or feel free to join the pyxides project at
that time: http://pyxides.stani.be

Stani