14 DAY TRIAL // uGet, a download manager for the Linux platform that features all the options you could possibly want, is preparing to get a major new version, and a Beta build has been made available.
uGet is a piece of software that has been around for quite some time. In fact, just a few months ago, the uGet devs celebrated 11 years of existence for their software. For some reason, the application didn't get enough traction, but that might change pretty soon.
Old-school Linux users don't really like to have a GUI for their application, and most of the downloading was and still is done through the terminal. Many download managers provide quite a lot of features, even without an interface, but there is a new generation of Linux users now that don't really want to use the terminal too much.
What's new in the upcoming uGet 2.x release
According to the changelog, support for multi-thread downloading has been added, mirrors are now supported as well, the aria2 control file format ver 1 is now supported, the space for the download is now allocated beforehand, better BitTorrent and metalink support is now available, JSON-RPC batch request is now available to improve remote aria2 downloading, and the aria2 "--out" argument is available to set the output filename.
Also, a "split" option to avoid less connections if users specify mirrors has been added, the program can now set the priority for each download in the global speed limit mode, a new GTK+ settings dialog has been added, and numerous other changes have been made.
The uGet download manager also integrates into the two major Internet browsers on the Linux platform, Google Chrome and Firefox. In Firefox it's done through the FlashGot add-on and in Google Chrome with an extension.
Where to get it
If you have an Ubuntu system, there are two ways of getting the download manager: one with a PPA and the other one by installing a deb file. If you want to use the PPA, you will have to enter the following commands in a terminal (you also have to be root):
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install uget
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install aria2
This is a development release and it shouldn't be installed on a production system. Even if the application seems stable enough, the developer can't guarantee that users won't encounter any problems.