Hi guys, I tested many linux downlaod managers to find any of it alternative to IDM for windows and I found it, they are Aria2c and Axel.
I made comparison of various tools and programs and I found the fastest ones did'nt have a good GUI like Axel and Aria2.
the programs that was used:
Axel
Aria2c
Wget
DownloadThemAll
Downloader for x (D4X)
Same versions in ubuntu jaunty res.
the ISP speed:
512 KBit/second
Actual speed:
the test URL link:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kern...2.6.31-rc2.bz2
Experiment:
Axel
How to type command:
axel -n 20 URL
-n 20 = Parallel connections (like IDM)
I typed:
axel -n 4 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kern...2.6.31-rc2.bz2
Results:
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2003/24437383.jpg
Aria2c
How to type command:
aria2c -s20 URL
-s20 = Parallel connections
Results:
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/9674/snapshot2nsz.jpg
Wget
How to type command:
wget -t 40 URL
-t 40 = Set number of retries to number
Result:
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8013/snapshot6a.jpg
firefox extension DownloadThemAll
Result:
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/102/snapshot9.jpg
Download for x:
Result:
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/6773/snapshot12t.jpg
Axel the fastest and Aria2c, others are not close
We need GUI for Axel and Aria2c ,
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