June 13, 2009 at 12:17 pm (Applications)
Tags: download, video, youtube
Without a doubt my favorite Firefox extension. Available in both Windows and Linux. The Video download helper. It lets you download videos from Youtube and dozens of other websites.
DownloadHelper is a tool for web content extraction. Its purpose is to capture video and image files from many sites.
Just surf the Web as you are used to, when DownloadHelper detects it can do something for you, the icon gets animated and a menu allows you to download files by simply clicking an item
For instance, if you go to a YouTube page, you’ll be able to download the video directly on your file system. It also works with MySpace, Google videos, DailyMotion, Porkolt, iFilm, DreamHost and others.
Go have a nosey, its a simple plug in for Firefox so a quick and easy setup.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006
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March 5, 2009 at 10:45 pm (Applications)
Tags: aria, download, helper, linux, manager, repo, ubuntu
A quick pokey paws shout out for this brilliant little application. Rummage through the Ubuntu repos and you will find Aria Download Manager. It does what it says on the tin, and a lot more.
I found it when looking for an app i could use to Que up a stack of downloads and then just download them one after the after. Aria does this well. waiting for one download to finish before automatically starting the next download in the Que. A huge convenience for me as i leave my PC downloading all the time. There is a bit more to Aria, it has a stacks of settings to make it behave how you want it to behave with downloads.
Its not very pretty, but hey you cant have everything. The interface is clean and simple (and easy to understand, a must for silly folk like me ^^ ).
It appears this isn’t being actively developed anymore though. The creator has moved onto making Aria2. So lets hope its as good as the first ^^
So, if your on Ubuntu or one of its derivatives, have a look in the repos.
There is a wiki page for it here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aria2
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September 13, 2008 at 10:49 pm (Applications)
Tags: application, linux
A list of websites with plenty of linux downloadables on. If theres something you need for linux, you should be able to find it through these ^^ Click on one of the titles below to be taken to thier website.
Softpedia
A website with plenty of downloadable proggys for linux, windows, and mac. They have a good library of software as well as news reviews and tips.
Sourceforge
Sourceforge is another huge software resource. All open source software. I have an appreciation for this website because it was my first step into the open source world.
Linuxsoftware.org
I havent used this website much, not very pretty, but i have found the odd proggy here. Worth a look!
Ibiblio
Ive only just found this website, had a look around and made it a definate bookmark for the future.
Osalt
A good resource for alternative open source software.
Linux Games Database
Literaly found this site today, at time of this pages creation, the website was in beta. But it looks promising! Another definate bookmark in my opinion ^^
Getdeb.net
Thanks Vadi for reminding me of this one. Its a site filled with .deb files (files for debian based linux distros). They also have a games reposotory called Playdeb for Ubuntu linux.
Open Desktop
A fantastic website i visit all the time. It has lots of things to make your PC look prettier. Click on the drop down menus at the top left of the screen to see how vast the website is ^^
As always, i hope someone finds something here usefull! ^^
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