Persepolis Download Manager - A really neat, FOSS, lightweight download manager for your needs.

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    3 years ago

    Sorry for the question, but what even is the purpose of a standalone download manager?

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      3 years ago

      Firefox and browsers in base can often fail at big download files. With this manager, I can seamlessly download big files without to use a torrent if it a product doesn’t support torrent download

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        3 years ago

        I see. Never had issues with big downloads myself, but I don’t do many of those.

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        3 years ago

        I see. Never had issues with big downloads myself, but I don’t do many of those.

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      3 years ago

      Faster download speeds via multithreading, management of downloaded files, extra features like video stream capturing et al.

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        3 years ago

        I see. I don’t personally see much use in it, but I can see how it can be nice.

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          3 years ago

          Once you start downloading large videos off video websites, or large ISOs or ZIP/RAR/7Z files, you will quickly realise the worth. A lot of people who like to archive things, or store files or media locally, keep such a tool installed.