Great program. I've been meaning to write something similar for ages. I know exactly how you feel. I've got, like six servers and wish for this constantly. It'll have a permanent place in my gnome-panel, for sure.
Update: Oh yeah, works fine on Debian testing. Just install libgnome-applet-perl. i'll let you know about Solaris on Monday.
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Jeremy
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