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Free Download Manager site redirected Linux users to malware for years
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just grabbed a gig file - it would take about 8 minutes with a standard download in Firefox. Use a manager or axel and it will be 30 seconds. Then again speed isnt everything, its also nice to be able to have auto retry and completion.
I was just going to recommend this too; Use axel, aria2 or even ancient hget.