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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[-] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 15 points 1 day ago

Firefox should have a .part file with the downloaded content written to it. So even if it was cutoff, if you attempt to download the thing again, it should continue where it was at last time.

[-] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago

If it fails a couple times whatever it does breaks. There might be a manual way to fix it, but as someone with slow internet, Firefox cannot be relied on for large files.