IDEA running on JRE (but it comes with its own JRE)
It is cross-platform (Window, Linux, MacOS)
2. IDEA performance optimization
Select IDEA computer installation directory bin directory, such as: D: \ IntelliJ IDEA 2018.1 \ bin;
If the choice is 64 installed, open idea64.exe.vmoptions; 32 is selected if installed, open idea.exe.vmoptions;
According to their computer's memory, modify the data -Xmx750m, when your built-in memory is 2G, a little small modifications, such as: -Xmx256m. If the built-in memory is 4G or 8G, it can be appropriately modified larger.
Open IDEA, select File | Settings | Plugins, according to their needs, close some unneeded features plug-ins;