On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 09:51, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Saturday 01 November 2003 01:06 am, Johan wrote: > > Hi, > > I use Flashget in XP to down load - 3 similtanious at 5 channels > > each. > > > > Would there be something similar in linux I could use with same > > results? I would really like to do this inMDK 92. > > Appreciate some pointers > > Thanks > > Johan > > d4x (Downloader for X). It's on your CD's, or you can get it > from any Mandrake mirror. I don't know what you mean by 'channels' > (multiple sites?), but yes, simultaneous d/l's are easy to do (if > the site allows it) and from differnet sites. Supports drag'n drop. > d4x-2.4.1-2mdk.i586.rpm is the latest. > > http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo/ to learn more about it.
Multiple channels: when you split a single download in 2 o more chunks and start downloading them simultaneously, building them together when all are done. Supposedly it can accelerate your downloads, mainly when download sites give you a bandwidth quota. Some sites consider this an abusive practice. Used by Download Accelerator and GetRight under Windows. Adolfo
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