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Linux Network Speed Test

Linux Network Speed Test

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I recently purchased a power line network adapter and wanted to see how it performed relative to the stated specs on the packaging. After playing around with wget and sftp to copy files from my desktop to my laptop I wondered if there was a better way to test network speed without involving the hard drive of my server or my client machines. What I found was that it’s possible to use a few simple commands on the Linux command line to test local network speed without copying actual files. Continue reading →

Synaptic Mark All Upgrades

Mark All Upgrades in Synaptic on Linux Mint 17

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I’ve written before how to restore the Mark All Upgrades button to Synaptic in Linux Mint. Things have changed in the latest version: Linux Mint 17 Qiana. The previous technique no longer works because the Mint team is providing their own version of Synaptic rather than using the package from the Ubuntu repositories. The following will show how to restore the Mark All Upgrades button to Synaptic in Linux Mint 17. Continue reading →

Streaming Netflix on Linux

Netflix on Linux Mint 17 and Ubuntu 14.04

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Update: 10 October, 2014 – Netflix now works on Linux without any special hacks using the Chrome browser.

There have been many tutorials posted on how to get Netflix working on Linux. Personally I’ve had limited success using the Pipelight plugins. There’s good news for Linux users though. Recent development versions of the Chrome browser from Google include the required DRM code to allow HTML5 video streaming from Netflix. The goal of this tutorial is to provide easy instructions to get Netflix streaming working on Linux Mint 17, Ubuntu 14.04, and Ubuntu 12.04. Continue reading →

bash getopts

Bash Getopts – Scripts with Command Line Options

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I’ve always wanted to know how to create command line options for my Bash scripts. After some research I found there are two functions available to handle this; getopt and getopts. I’m not going to get into the debate about which one is better. getopts is a shell builtin and seems a little easier to implement than getopt, so I’ll go with that for now.

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Linux Mint Persistent Live USB

How To Create a Linux Mint Persistent Live USB

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Linux Mint is the most popular Ubuntu based Linux distribution. Some would argue that it’s even more popular than Ubuntu itself. Because of its Ubuntu base, Linux Mint shares a lot of the same great features with its parent distribution while offering a more traditional desktop design. One big feature that Linux Mint is missing though is the ability to create a Live USB stick with persistent storage. In this tutorial I’ll show how to create a Linux Mint Persistent Live USB drive using UNetbootin and GParted.
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