Check Internet Download and Upload Speed From the Command Line on linux

If you want to know the download & upload speed of your internet connection, speedtest-cli is the tool you can use.

peedtest-cli is a python script for testing your internet bandwidth using speedtest.net. While you can open your browser and go to the Speedtest.net site to test your Internet connection, speedtest-cli is much easier and quicker to use and bring back the result much faster.
To install speedtest-cli in Linux, run the following commands in the terminal:

Network Bonding with Ubuntu, combine multiple internet connections

 Bonding network interfaces allows you to enhance your network services by allowing you.

To create fault-tolerance, increase network availability through load balancing, or increase your server’s network bandwidth.

Ubuntu Brings Full Menus Back to Nautilus, Other Apps in 14.04

 

Ubuntu has ‘patched‘ several GNOME applications, including the Nautilus file manager, to display full application menus in the upcoming release of 14.04 LTS. 

Better Late Than Never: Ubuntu Add Locally Integrated Menus to 14.04

 

It’s been a long time coming, but Ubuntu 14.04 finally offers users the choice of where they want application menus to appear.

How to login to Ubuntu directly using root account

First, you should allow the root user to be logged in from the X as explained below:

How To Enable And Disable Root User ( Super User ) in Ubuntu

In Linux (and Unix in general), there is a SuperUser named Root. The Windows equivalent of Root is Administrators group. The SuperUser can do anything and everything, and thus doing daily work as the SuperUser can be dangerous. You could type a command incorrectly and destroy the system. Ideally, you run as a user that has only the privileges needed for the task at hand. In some cases, this is necessarily Root, but most of the time it is a regular user.

By default, the Root account password is locked in Ubuntu. This means that you cannot login as Root directly or use the su command to become the Root user.

Enable super user account password on Ubuntu :

How to install Grub-customizer in either Ubuntu and Linux Mint

                                                                 
                                               


Begin the installation in either Ubuntu 13.10 and Linux Mint 16, you’ll first have to add the PPA to your system.
 To do that.....

Ubuntu Desktop iso

 

 You can choose between two options when you download Ubuntu for a desktop PC. 

Ubuntu 13.10 gives you all the latest features, while Ubuntu 12.04 LTS comes with extended support.

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