Linux statistical data software WhatPulse User Guide

If you need regular statistics due to work needs or personal preferences, you can install some statistical software on the computer, the following small series will recommend a practical software & mdash; WhatPulse, let's take a look at how to use WhatPulse.

This software will track the user's keystrokes, mouse clicks, and the use of bandwidth and system boot time. The user can periodically or manually upload the number of keystrokes to the server, which is called "pulse".

Users can see where they are in the leaderboard of all the people who join the program and compare them to people in their own country. Users can also join the team, where they can compare with people with the same hobbies (go, Linux users!!).

The software is divided into free basic and advanced versions. You can view and check all the basic statistics in the basic version, and you can see more in the advanced version.

This software is available for Linux, Windows and Mac.

Online Registration

The first step is to sign up for an account on the WhatPulse website, or you can create an account in the utility wizard that appears when you first launch the WhatPulse client. Upload your own statistics (you can also log in using your Facebook account).

You will be prompted to log in. After logging in, you must find your computer name. This is because you can log in to multiple computers through this account and their data will be uploaded to the same statistical account. Once you log in, a small W will appear in your system tray, and that's right, you've got it!

Installing WhatPulse on Linux

The official website provides a generic version of the .tar.gz archive archive (for 32-bit and 64-bit) and a debian package on the download page.

As far as I am concerned, I have installed the debian package on my Mint Qiana. There is no problem with my Arch LinuxAur package.

If you want to install using the generic version, remember: WhatPulse requires several library files. The main thing is QT, because WhatPulse is built on the QT platform. The software installation requirements are listed below:

libQtCorelibQtWebKitlibqt4-sqllibqt4-sql-sqliteopenssl-devel (libssl-dev)libQtScript

Entering Statistics

Clients need to set the appropriate Permission to read keyboard/mouse input. Run the included interactive script .sh to set these permissions.

Network Statistics

To enable network measurements, you also need the libpcap package to allow WhatPulse to hook into network communication. If WhatPulse can't find libpcap, it will run, but it won't display any network statistics.

use the application

By default, WhatPulse will start automatically after logging in graphical session. Click on the W icon on the system tray and you will be taken to the Overview tab, which shows a bird's eye view of all the different information collected on your machine. For example, the Linux version, processor model, RAM, GPU, total clicks, keystrokes, and bandwidth usage installed on your PC. Click ‘Pulse& rsquo; below the information, it will upload the collected data to the main server.

You can also choose to automatically ‘Pulse’data to server time, such as every 50.000 clicks, or 1GB downloads.

To learn more about depth details, you can switch to the affiliate tags for each category. For example, the Input tab shows you the number of keystrokes and the number of clicks over a period of time after registration. The time period is divided into daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, and full time. ‘all’Settings will display the data since the program was installed.

Under the keystrokes, you'll find a keyboard click heat map that simply displays the usage of each key in the selected period using cool and warm colors, as shown in the screenshot above. Below the graph, the app shows the total number of clicks recorded during the selected period.

Under the Network tab, you can view daily Internet usage. The application can monitor the bandwidth usage of all network devices and even show you the bandwidth usage by country. Again, you can use the arrow buttons at the top right to navigate through the available data.

On the website, you will see all the same statistics as on the client.

Disclaimer: The link to the WhatPulse website above contains my reference link, which can be used when registering, which will allow my account to be upgraded to a premium account one day.

The above is the use of the statistical data tool Linux WhatPulse introduced, in addition to the Linux system, the software can also be used on windows and Mac, you can use it.