does anyone know of any good C++ compilers for Linux?

Holy Cow! Are you serious? How about gcc.

Enjoy!
--- Cerbere

You mean front end compilers right? Like visual C++ by microsoft?
Then you are looking for something like kdevelop
I won't give it praise but it does work.
If you just want something to write code in you can do that in kwrite or any text editor (emacs is nice but is said to be a bit harder to use....never tried myself) and save it as .cpp (or .c if you are compiling C) and compile it from the command line with gcc(don't know what follows it, help should tell you.)

all in all you don't need anything other then a text editor and knowledge of how to use the gcc command to be able to compile programs in linux.
note: you already have gcc

g++

u can use g++
it has some things which irritates
we have to include <ctype.h> when using isalpha etc...

Hmm, the short answer is "gcc/g++" (that's the long
answer too...) But I think you are asking about
some IDE sort of thing (I've seen these on vs. MS
systems, but don't recall their name.)

If you're on linux, you already have good tools, you
just need an introductory book on how to use them.
editors (emacs or vi - I tend to use jstar yet)
sed and grep, and their kin in /bin

Don't know about the any "visual" type interfaces.
Read up on emacs, it has lots of cute tricks.

You can get started in no time with gcc/g++ - for example

Save your C++ source code in an ordinary text file with a .C extension (capital C) - for example:

sourcefile.C

Then compile it with:

g++ path_to_sourcefile.C -o executable_file

An executable is now created in your current working directory - you can check your current working directory with pwd.

Finally - to run the program just type (depending on where you are etc)

executable_file

or

./executable_file

Later on - you can always move this executable into one of the directories listed in your PATH.

Assuming you're on an ix86-Box and you're looking for speed the answer is probably Intel icc/icpc.
It should still be for free for Linux, visit
http://www.intel.com/software/produc...lin/noncom.htm

Try using gcc/g++/c++/cpp those are all the same, but have different settings.
The last 3 are just different setups of gcc. These are always present on your system.

If you want an IDE there is kdevelop which is very nice
There's.. Anjuta and of course emacs. You'll have to install these ones

well its only a 30 day trial version, but ill check it out...

Yes, you _could_ download the 30 day trial version, but I'd choose the Non-Commercial Unsupported Version....

as far as i can tell that one says WINDOWS ONLY in big letters all around it.

I sense some trollishness in you.....
I quote from the original link:

"This page provides a download copy of the Intel® C++ Compiler 7.1 for Linux* for non-commercial purposes. The non-commercial license includes access to the Intel® self-help support repository, the Compiler User Forums, and issue submission to Intel® Premier Support...."

And as far as I can see NonCom-Versions are available _only_ for Linux.
If you still don't see what I mean, maybe your browser is fooling you.