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Extreme Coder
April 21st, 2007, 02:55 PM
Hi, I just want to know what download managers you guys use on GNOME (KDE has the excellent KGet and DoKa). For GNOME, there is:
MultiGet (http://multiget.sourceforge.net/) ( Has a drop-icon thing for all Flashget fans out there)
WxDownload Fast (http://dfast.sourceforge.net/)
GwGet (http://gwget.sf.net) (frontend to wget)
Downloader for X
(http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo/)
FreeLoader (supports torrents)So vote for your favorite!

Extreme Coder

Skeletonix
April 21st, 2007, 03:13 PM
gwget ;)

chakkaradeep
April 21st, 2007, 03:17 PM
wget has been the best for me , so gwget ! :)

samjh
April 21st, 2007, 03:19 PM
Hi, I just want to know what download managers you guys use on GNOME (KDE has the excellent KGet and DoKa). For GNOME, there is:

MultiGet (http://multiget.sourceforge.net/) ( Has a drop-icon thing for all Flashget fans out there)
WxDownload Fast (http://dfast.sourceforge.net/)
GwGet (http://gwget.sf.net) (frontend to wget)
Downloader for X
(http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo/)
FreeLoader (supports torrents)So vote for your favorite!

Extreme Coder

It's not Gnome-specific, but I use the Download 'Em All plugin for Firefox.

Wolki
April 21st, 2007, 03:44 PM
I sometimes use gwget if I want to download multiple files with a queue. It works for what I need, but occasionally leaks memory. Usually I just use wget or Epiphany's built-in download manager.

tbroderick
April 21st, 2007, 05:19 PM
wget not gwget. If you need a queue there is the great wget-queue perl script.

jdhore
April 21st, 2007, 08:41 PM
i use either Firefox's Download Manager or plain ol Wget...it's useful, fast and it works...i'm more than happy with it

EdThaSlayer
April 21st, 2007, 08:44 PM
I prefer to use Downloader4X. It has a nice GUI. :)

dbbolton
April 21st, 2007, 09:24 PM
another quasi-vote for wget. i just think that anything else is unnecessary

reacocard
April 21st, 2007, 09:29 PM
Currently d4x, but I'm coding a new download manager right now (my first full open-source project!), so I'm hoping to be able to ditch d4x within a month or two. I've never much liked d4x's UI, it's rather cluttered.