Ubuntu Performance – Troubleshooting

So now that our Linux distribution is installed, things just don’t seem right???. Today we will be talking about ways to troubleshoot performance on our Linux installation. Although today’s article will have a decidedly Ubuntu slant, almost everything we will discuss equally applies to every distribution. If there are distribution specific notes for any of the commands, I will make an effort to point that out (or feel free to leave anything you notice in the comments and I will include them as appropriate).