Top 5 Download Managers for Linux: Download quickly and effectively

Posted by Vivek ||

November 6, 2008 ||

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A good download manager is a must for any system, whether it is Linux or Windows, whether you have slow connection or a fast one. No matter how advanced or novice you are, a good download manager is just the kind of software you’ll need to save a lot of time and effort in a days work.

There are a great number of download manager available for Windows. But today we’ll see the best of download managers which are available for Linux. These are not in any order of preference.

Jigsaw Download (JigDo)

Jigsaw Download, or short jigdo, is a tool designed to ease the distribution of very large files over the internet, for example CD or DVD images. Its aim is to make downloading the images as easy for users as a click on a direct download link in a browser, while avoiding all the problems that server administrators have with hosting such large files.

Still in beta Jigdo is a very basic with an interface which even kids can understand. There’s pause and resume capabilities. However, I did not find any place to check for settings, like scheduling and changing the number of connections or limiting the speed. This one has a long way to go!

You can get this software using Synaptic by searching for Jidgo or downloading the deb installer for the same which can be found here.

Gwget

Gwget is almost a complete