Sidux/Useable applications/Download managers

pl:Sidux_-_czyli_Debian_sid_krok_po_kroku_dla_każdego/Programy_użytkowe/Menadżery_pobierania_plików A download manager is an application that helps you to download files faster (especially big ones); it re-starts downloading after breaking connection. Wget Wget is a kind of console applications but you can use GUI for it called Gwget. 1. Installation: apt-get install gwget a. Run it from: Menu-> Network-> Gwget Download Manager. b. Copy downloading file link from a web browser. c. Add it to Gwget center|600px and wait for finishing. center|600px 2. For KDE there is KGet Download Manager as a part of the environment. Wget home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/wget.html More about Wget on Wikipedia: Wget Gwget home page: http://projects.gnome.org/gwget/ Gwget on Wikipedia: GWget KWget on KDE home page: http://www.kde.org/ KGet on Wikipedia: KGet Quick Downloader Small but system independent applications works with Java. 1. Download "OSIndependent" file from: http://qdown.sourceforge.net/ and extract it. 2. Get in the new created "OSIndependent" folder in Termial as an user and run it: java -jar QuickDownloader.jar center|500px center|500px DownThemAll! Firefox web browser add-on install from: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/201/ Running the add-on first time just choose download folder center|500px and click on "Start". center|500px Home page: http://www.downthemall.net/ FireDownload It's another Firefox add-on and it makes downloading 10 times faster as the add-on maker says, install from: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10615/ Home page: http://www.fireaddons.com/