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Linux: how to run speedtest from terminal

Sometime I need to check the internet speed via command line interface (cli) on some headless Linux server without X11. I could install some apposite tool but considering that I usually need to execute the speedtest on the fly and once only, then I prefer a simpler alternative, I use speedtest-cli . Speedtest-cli is a an open source software that can be execute without installation, via wget or...

Puppy Linux: change DNS

This simply is a my personal memorandum because when I needed to change the DNS on Puppy Linux I always waste some time for remembering how to do also if this is a really simple procedure. To change the DNS on any Puppy Linux distro we have simply to create the file /etc/resolv.conf.head as following: # Cloudflare DNS servers nameserver 1.1.1.1 nameserver 1.0.0.1

How to delete every post from Facebook timeline

In the last days i decided to remove from the Facebook timeline every thing that i posted but unfortunately there is not a native option to do this. To solve this my problem avoiding to manually delete everything i used a java script: Facebook Timeline Cleaner . As for any java script for the browser to work it needs of an interpreter, GreaseMonkey for Firefox and Tampermonkey for Chrome. This...

Firefox: the essential add-ons

In my opinion Firefox is the best browser and Firefox ESR is my preferred version. One of the strong points in Firefox is definitely the availability of thousands of extensions that allow you to implement the most varied features and after years of use, the basic extensions that I instantly install on each profile are the following extensions: Adblock Plus : to block the ads Add Bookmark Here ²...

Android: change DNS for data and WiFi

If we want change the DNS on our smartphone Android we can use a simple script as the following: #!/system/bin/sh # # Script to change DNS on Android # by Mentor - www.internauta37.altervista.org # [email protected] # nameserver_1='1.1.1.1' nameserver_2='1.0.0.1' iptables -t nat -I OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 53 -j DNAT --to-destination $nameserver_1:53 iptables -t nat -I OUTPUT -p udp --...

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