On 8/16/07, Andrew Michael Lynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/16/07 4:51 PM >>> > > > >On 16-Aug-07, at 4:46 PM, mehul wrote: > > > >>> my friend paid to download the paid-for version - but he couldnt do > >>> the download because he hadnt yet learnt to use wget - so he told > >>> them and they shipped the dvd to him. > >> > >> There are GUI ways too, isn't it? > > > >gui ways break on long downloads - often they refuse to resume. wget - > >c is sure and safe. > > > Gui is not necessarily evil. I have had very good results with gftp. It > automatically restarts, and can also continue/resume on a broken download. > Though if you can spend the time to learn to use wget, you probably will > not want to use anything else. > > Regards, > Andrew > > Recommending command line options to do something as basic as downloading a file from the net sends out really bad signals to Linux newbies.. I'd recommend Downloader for X instead which is very powerful and user friendly..
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