I do not use cookies or browser trackers (like Google Analytics) on any of my personal websites to track visitor information. From time to time however, it is nice to get an idea of the amount traffic to my sites, including what pages get viewed the most. I use the following one-liner for this: Read… Continue reading Simple website visitor stats and location with GoAccess
Tag: Ubuntu
Clean up harddrive space on Ubuntu Server with journalctl
After running for a while, an Ubuntu server tend to get bloated with… stuff. One particularly weird one is the disk usage of a bunch of /var/log/journal/* entries that hog a lot of space. In my case, 2GB. This is significant on a machine with just 20GB of space. You can see their disk usage… Continue reading Clean up harddrive space on Ubuntu Server with journalctl
Ubuntu — so ready for developer time
In my previous post, I said that Ubuntu is not ready for primetime. I still think this is the case for most people. However, since writing the post I have acquired a Dell XPS 13 with Ubuntu 12.04 pre-installed (they call it a “developer edition“). Let me tell you, it is an absolute joy to… Continue reading Ubuntu — so ready for developer time
Ubuntu — not ready for primetime
I wanted to install Ubuntu on my Dell XPS 15 to try out Steam for Linux. This was not the enjoyable experience I had hoped for since a lot of things did not work perfectly out of the box. Below are some steps I had to take to get the system going. Fixing the graphics… Continue reading Ubuntu — not ready for primetime
Prevent slow Linux performance on VirtualBox
Here is a quick tip if you are having slow performance with Linux running on VirtualBox: Assign at least two processors to the Linux instance Some background… My laptop came with Windows 7. I prefer to use Linux (currently Ubuntu) when developing and I really dislike dual-booting so installing Ubuntu side-by-side with Windows is not… Continue reading Prevent slow Linux performance on VirtualBox