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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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LibreSpeed - Speed Test (librespeed.org)

submitted 4 months ago by mortimer to c/[email protected]

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Free and Open Source Speed Test. No Flash, No Java, No Websocket, No Bullshit.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I mean, how else are you going to do a speed test?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I use iperf3 with Speedtest's servers, personally. But for a browser, yes JavaScript is needed.... But needing JavaScript files from like 20 different domains is typically a red flag for me on any site.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago

It doesn't need javascript from "20 different domains", only a file called empty.php is fetched from those servers to measure the ping. The javascript is hosted on librespeed.org, which is under my control.

[–] bruhduh 8 points 4 months ago

Speedtest cli