Ubuntu is a Operating system based on Linux distribution which is a Open-source project and is distributed as free and Opensource software. It might be little difficult for Windows and mac users using Ubuntu for a some time. It might have got less softwares compared to windows but has got strong graphics and cool features than windows.
Users can watch videos, listen songs, use internet and do all the stuffs as the users can do at Windows. Many popular softwares got their version for Linux. Like we previously discussed about 5 Best Screen capturing and screen recording tools for Ubuntu. So here are 10 best download manager softwares for Ubuntu Linux users that wont let you feel your Ubuntu Linux experience less then Windows and Mac OS.
Kget
Kget is a advance download manaager for Ubuntu Linux with support for Metalink and even for Torrents. In Kget downloads are added in a list from where it can be paused, resumed, queued or scheduled. Dialogs display info about status of transfers – progress, size, speed and remaining time. You can search Kget over the Ubuntu Software Center or use the following command in the Ubuntu Terminal.
sudo apt-get install kget
Downloader for X
Downloader for X is a powerful Open source graphical download manager for Ubuntu. It supports both HTTP(S) and FTP protocols with nice graphic interference. Its key features includes Proxy and SOCKS5 download, recursive downloading, wilcard matching, download scheduler, multiple download queues and more.
sudo apt-get install d4x
Multiget
Multiget is GUI based download manager software for Ubuntu Linux with support for HTTP/FTP protocols and also supports multi-task with multi-thread on multi-server. You can pause/resume downloads and also supports SOCKS 4, 4a, 5 proxy, ftp proxy and http proxy downloads. Its unique P2SP feature makes the download even more faster which gets the file from multiple servers and combine into one.
sudo apt-get install multiget
Uget
Uget(formerly urlgfe) is a simple, light weight and easy to use download manager for Ubuntu that support pause/resume downloads, queue downloads and could download multiple URLs and apply it to one of setting. Moreover you can classify downloads, clipboard monitoring, import download, batch downloads and also got Mozilla Firefox integration through Flashgot plugin.
sudo apt-get install uget
Fatrat
Fatrat is a features-rich download manager for Ubuntu that supports a lot of download and file exchange protocols like HTTP/FTP downloads, RSS feed support, support for SOCKS5 and HTTP proxies, etc. It has even got Bittorrent support, torrent search, Rapidshare supports like upload, download, link decoding, etc, Remote control via Jabber and web interference, Youtube video downloading and much more with one Fatrat download manager.
sudo apt-get install fatrat
GWget
GWget is a a GNOME frontend for the popular downloading application wget. It is a opensource project with enhanced features such as systray icon, multiple downloads and a powerful preferences manager. It has also got firefox integration with Fireget Firefox addon.
sudo apt-get install gwget
Axel
Axel is a light download accelerator application for Ubuntu which tries to accelerates the downloading process by using multiple connections for one file. Axel download package is smaller in size(25-30k in binary form) and provides a QT based graphical front-end as a wrapper around axel.
sudo apt-get install axel
Steady Flow
Steadyflow is a download manager which aims for minimalism, ease of use, and a clean, malleable codebase. It should be easy to control, whether from the GUI, commandline, or D-Bus. Unlike other download managers users can perform one or more downloads at once, pause and resume and choose the folder where you saved the file. It is high graphic download manager for Linux.
Wxdownload fast
WxDownload Fast (also known as wxDFast) is an open source download manager. It is a multi threaded download manager which means it can split a file into several pieces and download the pieces simultaneously.Besides this it combines other features like pause/resume download, schedule downloads, easy manage the downloaded file, metalink support and more. It is also available in multi-language.
Desktop Data Manager
Desktop Data Manager(DDM) is actually a Clipboard Manager for GNOME similar to Klipper for KDE. DDM is extended with a Download Manager in the new update which supports continuation, threaded/segmented downloading, Support for HTTP/HTTPS/FTP , MD5/SHA1 checksum calculation and downloading from multiple mirrors).
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