Don't get discouraged! You are very close to having it setup perfectly. A reboot should solve your mysql connection issue from Windows. You don't really *have* to reboot to resolve it, but it is the easiest way IMO. You could always just restart mysql. If you are running the webmin tool, you can go to Servers and then select Mysql and it gives you the option to stop and start mysql. So, you could do it that way if you wanted.
Once you are fully setup, the server will run much smoother and better than it ever did on Windows. And, you won't have to worry about anymore of these setup issues.
If your server only has 1GB of RAM in it, then there is no reason to upgrade your Kernel just yet. Though, you will need to upgrade it when you get more RAM otherwise it won't recognize the extra RAM. You can view your system stats easily from the main screen of Webmin ( have I mentioned how useful this tool is yet? :P ) and it will show you how much RAM your system recognizes and is using. And, yes, 2GBs should be a very good amount of RAM. I barely ever break 1GB of usage even with 100+ on, but I have seen it as high as 1.5GB before, which was probably do to some issue, but a server restart fixed it.
Since I installed Linux, I haven't rebooted the PC a single time myself. It has gone down a few times due to power hits at my house though.
Hopefully the next sql dump you do fixes your issue with the rules. You can always run that tail command and see if it is giving any errors while trying to load the rules or if it just skips the rules completely. Just make sure to open a separate terminal window for the tail and start the tail before you start the server so you can watch the whole process. Also, when I am not using the tail, I always turn it off using CTRL+C to exit it, just to reduce server load if it adds some. If it is just skipping your rules section completely when the server boots up, then maybe you should double check those rules tables and make sure they look ok. I will see if I can find the command to change rule sets in game. I know there is one that is supposed to allow you to set which rule sets are used by the server, it has just been a while since I have seen it.
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