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Java Apache Admin Tool? 26

Posted by Cliff from the thoughts-comments-and-random-opinions dept.
cant_get_a_good_nick asks: "I was trolling Sourceforge, and found NetLooney. Since there seemed to be interest in a quality Apache admin tool, I was wondering if anybody here had used it and can comment on it. It was commercial at one time, now iit's GPL'ed."
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  • It looks pretty cool, and seems to work on my debian system. Doesn't look like anyone else has used it tho.

  • More Config (Score:4, Interesting)

    by droyad ( 412569 ) on Wednesday July 31, 2002 @03:52AM (#3984638)
    The web page mentions that you may have to tweek the .cfg file to your apache server. Is it just me or does this just seem wrong.

    You have a "Serious" GUI config tool that configures something as complex as apache. Now you have to dive into the config file to change some settings so it works??

    Shouldn't this kind of config be GUI as well. Even though i don't particularly like windows, I don't think any windows based apps require the editing of a text file before you can run the program??

    Droyad

    • Re:More Config (Score:2, Interesting)

      by pcbob ( 67069 )
      You need to edit NetLoonies cfg file, not apaches!
      • Right, and this is exactly what's wrong here. Why edit the configuration file of a GUI configuration utility? If the author thinks he can write a good configuration utility for Apache, why not just add a few menu entries to configure the configuration program as well?
        • I agree with that (was too lazy to type it :), I just wanted to correct parent post that it's not as severe as having to adjust httpd.conf by hand so that netloonie could take over from there...
    • You have a point you Bastard,

      Now I'm going to have to rewrite some apps!

  • Looks like another excellent open source product with a looney name.

    Dictionary: Loon-y or loon-ey also lun-y Informal.adj. loon-i-er, loon-i-est. 1. Extremely foolish or silly. 2. Crazy; insane.n.pl. loon-ies also loon-eys. A foolish or crazy person.[Shortening and alteration (probably influenced by LOON1) of LUNATIC.]--loon'i-ly adv. --loon'i-ness n.

    Thesaurus: loon-y (loone). A person whose beliefs and actions are eccentric: crank, crackpot, cuckoo, flake, fruitcake (informal), kook (slang), loony, nut (slang), nut case (slang), nutter (British) (slang), oddball, queer fish, screwball (slang), weirdie (informal), weirdo (informal).

    Excerpted from American Heritage Talking Dictionary
    Copyright © 1997 The Learning Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    • Because, my friend, hackers don't know shit about marketing (and choosing a name for your project is a form of marketing). We should be thankful that it's not named "JApacheConfig" or some shit. I'm bored to tears of Ksomething, Gsomething, or Jsomething.

      • In the case of an open-source project like this, good naming has nothing to do with marketing. I'm tired JThis and JThat too, but would JApacheConfig not describe exactly what the project is hoping to accomplish? Yes, it would. It's no different than using good variable names (i.e. the name describes what the variable represents) when programming.
  • I mean you didn't hide under bridges and attack this project, right? You didn't create this project through goading the creator(s), eh? If you were trollin' why post to slashdot? (mmm.... better trolls.)

    I'm gettin' confused now. You can't troll sourceforge like slashdot.

    Ohh, you mean like fishing.

    Chr*st, sometimes overloaded statements mean nothing to me.

  • Swing? (Score:1, Offtopic)

    by dimator ( 71399 )
    Is anyone else sick and tired of that clunky Swing theme? (is it called Metal?) Can you even change Swing themes?

    • Re:Swing? (Score:4, Interesting)

      by LizardKing ( 5245 ) on Wednesday July 31, 2002 @07:41AM (#3985078)

      Can you even change Swing themes?

      Yup, the Metal theme isn't to everyone's taste. You can also select native Look and Feel, which I believe is the default on Windows. On Unix the native l&f mimics Motif, albeit badly. The MacOS l&f used to ship with the betas of Swing, but Apple pressured Sun into dropping it - but for a while I could fool people into thinking I was running a Mac app on my Unix box.

      A few people have attempted to create new l&f packages, most notably a NeXTSTEP one. But the major amount of work involved in producing a full l&f means few (if any) have been completed. At least that was the state of things last time I looked aroud for one.

  • Just a sec. (Score:1, Troll)

    by AnalogBoy ( 51094 )
    It's java. *SCREAM*

    Thats better. I feel better now.

    AnalogBoy,
    Prejudiced against Java since '99, continuing till this day. It's expensive system processing wise.

  • Please say "proprietary", (Score:3, Informative)

    by sydb ( 176695 ) <{michael} {at} {wd21.co.uk}> on Wednesday July 31, 2002 @07:10AM (#3985011)
    not "commercial", as GPL software can be commercial too.
  • I know, I know...it is ONLY a Windows application AND is shareware but it looks like another viable alternative...

    Personally, I am very happy to avoid using a Java utility...

    Check it here [zecos.com]

    -PONA-

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