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idgar
Asked: 2012-04-21 00:26:46 +0800 CST

download acceleration with multiple connections [duplicate]

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Can you recommend a good modern GUI download manager (wget wrapper?)

I'm trying to find a good download manager that can open concurrent connections for a single download.

I don't mind whether it's an extension (I'm using chrome), or an independent application.

I have downloaded steadyflow, but it doesn't seems to have an concurrent connections option.

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3 Answers

  1. Add the packages uget and aria2. Start uGet then go to settings and enable the aria2 plugin, this is needed for multi-threaded downloads. You'll need to manually specify the number of connections when you add new downloads, but other than that little annoyance it's a great app.

    I am having problems whitelisting the indicator icon for this app, however, and need to minimize to the dock instead. Unity-2d-panel has more problems with indicator icons than the standard unity-panel so it may not affect you. I'll report back if i find a way to resolve this.

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  2. Best Answer

    Try Jdownloader. It works great for me.Needs a bit of tweaking before you use it
    It can open concurrent connections for a single download.
    hope it fulfills your need

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  3. You can try out flareGet ( a recently released download manager for linux). It is still in the alpha stage but works pretty good. It is multi-threaded and supports upto 16 segments per download for download acceleration. For browser integration you can use flashgot.

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/flareget/

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