Downloader For X – A Powerful Download Manager For Ubuntu Linux

By Aun | Published: August 18, 2009

If you are looking for some cool GUI based download manager for your Linux distribution, give  Downloader for X a try. It is an download manager for Ubuntu that allows easy downloading of files by providingeye-candy functions. In order to achieve faster speed, this tool splits files into multiple segments(multi-thread), supports both HTTP and FTP protocols, and can also schedule the downloads.

To install it, run the following command in the terminal.

sudo apt-get install d4x

Once the installation is complete, it can be launched from Applications > Internet > Downloader for X. New downloads may be started from File > New Downloads , the Download option on the menu bar lets you view the download logs, the Queue option on the menu bar is used to manage the download queues.

Download-4-x

You may schedule the download process from Options > Scheduler and the download speed can be controlled from the Options > Speed option. The Options menu  allows you to manage settings regarding URL-manager, general settings and buttons configuration.

Download-4-x

This is an extremely useful download manager specially for those who have a limited Internet connection and want to enjoy the maximum of it.

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  • Where i can find d4x log/history ? so i can delete them all
  • Chris
    it still seems that you can change the default download folder
  • Hi Aun,

    It's been about 6 months since I last used d4x and was wondering if you would you be able to confirm if these are still issues with the app?

    * If you change the default download folder it doesn't remember the change
    * The slowest download speed is 100bytes/sec. This is acceptable but having no download action until my off-peak time would be better (note that I don't want to close the app because I regularly add stuff to my download list ready for the off-peak period).
    * Unable to get it to download an m4v file from a podcast. When I add the m4v file to the list d4x immediately flags it as complete but nothing's been downloaded.

    Thank you.
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