With every new release of software there is always reluctance and resistence to move to the latest version.
Sun offer a ‘why you must move to J2SE 5.0’ article on their site.
Configuring a Linux server using Webmin
I don’t mind reading through man pages and searching around on websites to work out what commands I need to manage my Linux server (on which this site runs), but I recently came across Webmin which made my life a whole lot easier.
Webmin is a great web-based front-end to Linux to allow you to tweak and administer your Linux server incredibly easily.
Linux system admin using Webmin
Webmin is a web front-end for administrating a Linux system. It gives incredibly simple web based access to tweak and configure the system through your browser.
Webmin is available from: www.webmin.com
Joe Cooper has a great user guide to using Webmin on his site here
Starting and stopping services
Use:
/sbin/service [name] start | stop
To configure services to run at startup, use:
chkconfig [name] on | off