A guide to staying organized with open source tools
Jan24

A guide to staying organized with open source tools

With so many tools on the web offered as services, there’s more to getting organized than just choosing the most convenient online vendor. You have to think of your system of organization as part of your product, whether that’s personal productivity or a software project you ship to hundreds or thousands of users. Using open source isn’t a matter of brand loyalty. Open source is about you owning the tools that enable...

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3 handy command-line internet speed tests
Jan24

3 handy command-line internet speed tests

Being able to validate your network connection speed puts you in control of your computer. Three open source tools that enable you to check your internet and network speeds at the command line are Speedtest, Fast, and iPerf. Speedtest Speedtest is an old favorite. It’s implemented in Python, packaged in Apt, and also available with pip. You can use it as a command-line tool or within a Python script. Install it with: read...

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