How are you "supposed" to download your treasures? Download managers? Or just let the 100GB file sit in firefox download list and potentially get cut off mid-download? (sh.itjust.works)

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I can never seem to get a download manger to work. I remember I used to be able to do that on windows, but SteamOS is giving me a headache, I'm a noob in linux.

But then again, idk if pausing would even be possible with these 🏴‍☠️ sites.

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[-] Neptr 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I use Varia as my graphical download manager. It has download acceleration built in thanks to aria2. I get often double or triple the download speed (depending on the website). For example, when I downloaded the Fedora Workstation ISO from fedoraproject I got download speeds from 18mbs normal to 60mbs with Varia. Free and open source of course, available on Windows and Linux.

Website: https://giantpinkrobots.github.io/varia/