What are Java Edition servers
Java Edition is the mainframe for computers: Windows, machos and Linux. It has most of the servers on it. There are plagins on Paper and Spigot, mods on Forge, NeoForge and Fabric, their cards, mini-games, and entire server networks.
What you can do on the server is solve its core. The vanilla server is a game without change. Paper, Spigot and Purpur add plagins: area protection, economy, clans, mini games. Plagins only work on the server, the player doesn't need to put anything on it. Forge, NeoForge and Fabric are different: they're placed on both the server and the client.
The Minecraft server Java Edition can be licensed and unlicensed. Licensers check Microsoft's account, and no one else can come in under your name. The pirates are running through nothing. What the server has chosen is usually written in his description and rules.
Which version to install
Each server has a version or range in monitoring, e.g. "1.16-1.21". The range means that the server is based on ViaVersion or ViaBackwards and can be accessed from any version of it. One way to do it is just put it straight. mod servers also need the same mod modpack as on the server.
The version is installed by the launcher. The site has its own JuxLauncher, which itself downloads any version of Java Edition and suitable Java.
If you play on servers of different versions, keep several in the launcher: they are placed next to each other and do not interfere with each other.
How to select a server and log in
The Java server's address looks like a mc.example.ru, sometimes with a port through a colon. Press "Chop the address," open the "Net Game" game "Add", insert the address and save it. The server's name on the list can be asked by anyone but you. The detailed instruction is in the "How to Go" box.
On the server page you can see online now, the chart for the day and week, peak, record and uptime by day for 90 days. I don't know. Online monitoring measures itself, pinging, is not a number from the owner's words. Filters above the list select servers by version and mode. You can vote once a day for an attractive server.