I've had only too many broken downloads and lost quesues because d4x crashed that I wouldn't even recommend it to a pro. wget and proz work best for me.
Sharad Birmiwal On 8/16/07, Anupam Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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.. > > -- Anupam > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
