Ubuntu Needs a Proper Download Manager, Seriously
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We all Linux users have to agree that there isn’t a proper substitute to the fully loaded download managers (read FDM, DAP) available for Windows. I happen to be a dual user, using Ubuntu within Windows through Wubi. With my broadband plan now upgraded, I can download anything from 1:00 AM – 7:00 AM everyday without exhausting my download limits. Naturally the time is a bit odd, so I just set a daily scheduler in FDM to start the download right after 1 and stop it just before 7. However yesterday I found out that torrent download rate via Transmission was much higher than those by FDM. As I frequently download the torrents of new Linux distros, this seemed great at first; but a bit of poking around and I didn’t find a schedule option in Transmission. Deluge has a somewhat weird scheduler which I can work out, but the thing is that I don’t download ONLY torrents. There are these other software tools and all which aren’t available as torrents, and there isn’t simply anything in Ubuntu to create a download schedule for them (someone at the IRC channel suggested Cron, now what’s that?). Therefore, this is my request to the Ubuntu team to include a download manager sort of tool in the next Ubuntu release. We understand it’s pretty difficult to include additional stuff as everything has to be packed into one disc, but at least you guys can try tweaking the default download manager of Firefox and add some more features to it (I guess that’s possible, Firefox being open source). No one wants an FDM or a DAP clone; just a few extra features like the schedule option will suffice. If it does come through, things will be much better for us folks with throttled bandwidth options. Things will be much better for Ubuntu as well, as everyone will have one more reason to use this wonderful OS. Photo Credit : khalilshah
Hey bro,
I think this list can help you http://www.supriyadisw.net/2006/11/top-6-download-manager-for-ubuntu-edgy-eft
it enlists 6 most powerful download manager for Ubuntu
also that image u used is very funny
well besides the list that the previous commenter provided i think that since you are using a Linux distro a small bash script using wget and scheduling through a cron job would do the trick… that’s how i’d do it.
@Siddharth
I had gone through this list earlier, not one of them is good except KGet. I prefer to use minimal tools, so any additional tool needs to be exceptionally good for me to use it.
@Startosg
I must admit I’m not too deep into Linux. I want to use it the way I use Windows, and not by creating scripts and Cron and all (because I can’t).
Testing comment.
Hey have you thought of WINE yet…? I guess it could perhaps run FDM or something in Ubuntu, but i’m not sure. But try it out..!
I’m not a big fan of WINE, and most apps running with it act up anyway. DownThemAll for F’fox is actually damn good (even for Windows if Firefox is what you use all the time).