Re: [PLUG] Website Visitor/Download Counter

[brooks]

What software are you using as your web server?

On Sat, 26 Feb 2022, Michael Barnes wrote:


On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 8:22 AM Timothy Scoppetta 
wrote:


I may be speaking from the bias of my comfort zone but hosting the pdf on
any modern cloud storage (gs, s3, etc) should give you this for "free."



Well, I suppose if I were hosting it on any modern cloud storage, that may
be the case. However, I am hosting this on a personal server. It's just a
simple page with some text and the file you can click on to download. Very
basic. Not really advertised to the general public, just something
providing a large document we don't want to try to email to everybody due
to size.

Michael

Re: [PLUG] Website Visitor/Download Counter

[Rich Shepard]

On Sat, 26 Feb 2022, Michael Barnes wrote:


... just something providing a large document we don't want to try to email
 to everybody due to size.


Michael,

Take a look at . I use it regularly to share
large files or provide them to mail lists that strip attachments. Free and
variable length of availability.

HTH,

Rich

Re: [PLUG] Website Visitor/Download Counter

[Michael Barnes]

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 8:22 AM Timothy Scoppetta 
wrote:

> I may be speaking from the bias of my comfort zone but hosting the pdf on
> any modern cloud storage (gs, s3, etc) should give you this for "free."
>
>
Well, I suppose if I were hosting it on any modern cloud storage, that may
be the case. However, I am hosting this on a personal server. It's just a
simple page with some text and the file you can click on to download. Very
basic. Not really advertised to the general public, just something
providing a large document we don't want to try to email to everybody due
to size.

Michael

Re: [PLUG] Website Visitor/Download Counter

[Michael Barnes]

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 8:19 AM  wrote:

>
> It’s like it’s 1995 again :-). Here’s a resource for scripts but to use
> them your hosting server will need to have CGI
> capabilities:
>
>http://www.scriptarchive.com 
>
> For a lot of reasons I would recommend not adding counters to your page
> and instead glean stats from your access files.
>
> Kevin
>
>
Okay, you don't have to pretend I know nothing, it is a proven fact. So,
maybe list some of those reasons you recommend not having counters. And how
would I go about gleaning stats from my access files?

Thanks,
Michael

Re: [PLUG] Replacement laptop

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2022, Nat Taylor wrote:


I have had good luck with used laptops. You have to assume that you're
gonna buy a new battery, and maybe a hard drive. Run a bunch of tests on
it, and use the keyboard and trackpad a bunch before you buy it in person,
or get a trial period. They are cheap enough on ebay you could fix a lot.
How about this one, $500, from a seller with a great reputation. You could
probably do better if you looked harder, but this is not a bad deal, and
it should run linux fine. I'd buy a bigger hard drive. Wonder if those
take two...?


Nat,

Thanks for the insights and URL. That does look like a good deal, but the
storage does need updating.

Regards,

Rich

Re: [PLUG] Replacement laptop

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2022, TomasK wrote:


Lenovo Thinkpad T14 and X13s are supported on linux - you can even get
some of them with linux preinstalled.


Tomas,

I install Slackware on all hosts. I don't recall if my old Dell came with an
empty hard drive or had some OS installed. First thing I did was repartition
the hard drive and install Slackware.


I cannot recommend Dells shipping with Linux right now - they ended up
being devoid of even basic number of USB ports recently.


Yes, the newer ones so seem to lack ports.

Thanks,

Rich

Re: [PLUG] Replacement laptop

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2022, Patrick O'Connor wrote:


Thinkpad t480I got a used one this year.


Thanks, Patrick.

Rich