{"id":1746,"date":"2021-01-29T11:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/linoxide.com\/how-tos\/linspeed\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T12:24:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:24:02","slug":"linspeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linoxide.com\/linspeed\/","title":{"rendered":"Linspeed &#8211;  Gui Tool to Test Internet Speed on Linux Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Linspeed<\/strong>&nbsp;is a lightweight open source gui based tool to test Internet download\/upload speed&nbsp;directly from your linux computer\u2019s desktop. Just open it and click to begin a speed&nbsp;test. Tool have both 32 and 64 bit version of deb file to install.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are welcome to fork linspeed on github.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1 )<\/strong>&nbsp;Accurate Internet speed test thanks to SpeedOf.Me API<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2)<\/strong>&nbsp;Wide range of themes in two sizes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3)<\/strong>&nbsp;Copy able reports to share with your friends \/ ISP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Linspeed performs best on Ubuntu 12.04. It should run on all modern computers&nbsp;with i386 or amd64&nbsp;architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As with every network utility you will need access to the Internet to take advantage of Linspeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1)<\/strong>&nbsp;Choose the architecture that matches your system:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ubuntu 32bit and 64bit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2)<\/strong>&nbsp;Download appropriate DEB package. You will find them on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Linspeed 32bit and 64bit version is available on sourceforge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3)<\/strong>&nbsp;Double click on the DEB file you have downloaded. Ubuntu Software Center<br>will open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4)<\/strong>&nbsp;Click Install. Wait a moment, the program is being installed right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s ready. To find Linspeed click Ubuntu button (in upper-left corner&nbsp;of you screen) and type \u201cLinspeed\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Linspeed\u2019s icon should appear \u00ad\u2013 click it and enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linspeed&nbsp;is a lightweight open source gui based tool to test Internet download\/upload speed&nbsp;directly from your linux computer\u2019s desktop. Just open it and click to begin a speed&nbsp;test. Tool have both 32 and 64 bit version of deb file to install. You are welcome to fork linspeed on github. Features 1 )&nbsp;Accurate Internet speed test thanks to SpeedOf.Me API 2)&nbsp;Wide range of themes in two sizes, 3)&nbsp;Copy able reports to share with your friends \/ ISP Requirements Linspeed performs best on Ubuntu 12.04. It should run on all modern computers&nbsp;with i386 or amd64&nbsp;architecture. As with every network utility you will need<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tutorials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linoxide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linoxide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linoxide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linoxide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linoxide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/linoxide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1753,"href":"https:\/\/linoxide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746\/revisions\/1753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linoxide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linoxide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linoxide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}