Apparently nothing just get a 10 year old laptop and use Linux mint on it🤷♂️
I have decided to switch to OpenSUSE which uses KDE by default so let's see and if this old laptop can't handle it then will switch to Lbuntu as LXQt is its main and only variant available unlike mint
Lol blame linux mint, or is it imgur?
TBH I'm just following https://distrochooser.de/ #1 recommendation, I want something that works best for me, not willing to spend any more time in testing new things that might be good, if it is good then I will let the community try them 1st, I will be the last to jump in
Idk but I forgot to mention that now the laptop actually wakes up from sleep after I switched to the OS drivers, those proprietary drivers are really bad, god I shouldn't have switched to them at all.
Thanks for the valuable information! I'm still not sure if I'm gonna get a laptop or build a desktop as an upgrade for the future but one thing is sure is that 1440p is the absolute minimum for me, no way in hell I'm getting anything lower than that
I will give it a shot if things don't go well with FDM
I guess it is a matter of personal preference and priorities
I tried it and unfortunately the browser integration is not good enough for me and for dl vs dlp well I don't know what's the difference between the 2 and I'm yet to use any of them
Yep yep but I'm willing to use a separate app or browser extension just for this purpose
I love its UI, so damn good, so damn clean, so simple, I was really really hoping that it would be it, I wanted it to be it but it lacks proper browser integration, the experience is not seamless as it should
The perfect download manager for me would be IDM ease of use and and flawless browser integration + JDownloader2 FOSS nature and its advanceded features + Motrix simple and clean UI
IDM looks like Windows 98 era
Yep I agree but at least it looks like a desktop app not a phone app on a big screen, anyway it's okay I will keep using FDM while keeping an eye on XDM hopefully the new version will live up to the expectations
XDM?
Ok I just googled startpaged it and oh boy it is FOSS but the UI man it looks like a smartphone app from android 4.4 era but the devs are working on a full overhaul so I'll wait and see
There is also FileCxx.
I will look into it, seems interesting
There is nothing that will work as simple as IDM
I strongly agree but from my experience FDM seems the closest to it and FDM is not as simple as IDM, I wish if there is a native linux version.
especially with that little floating button on top of videos it detects, with all available frame resolutions.
Damn right man, it is so damn good, can't anyone else copy it please???
For video sites, I use yt-dlp. For galleries, gallery-dl.
I know of yt-dl but never heard of dlp before well until yesterday and for gallery-dl the name alone is very intriguing, I will definitely take a look at it, thanks for mentioning it!
For anime sites, I just log into Windows and use IDM.
They called me a mad man
I want something that will grap download requests automatically, I don't want to right click on any link, if I'm on particular website and I left click on the download button on that website the download manager that I have installed should automatically grap this download request
- Does it auto capture download requests from the browser?
- Do I need to copy-paste the direct download link to it?
- Do I need to right click on links then select it?
- does it work flawlessly with Firefox?
yt-dlp
Hmm seems really interesting, will take a look at it when I have time
DownThemAll
Tested it unfortunately requires an extra step (right clicking on links), I'm looking for something that will auto start whenever I left click on a link instead of the browser built in download manager
View on Redlib, an alternative private front-end to Reddit.
Something as simple and as convenient to use as internet download manager
If you have ever used IDM before then you know what I mean, I'm yet to find an alternative that's on par with its ease of use and convenience
Here are my requirements:
- I don't have to copy-paste any links or right click on any links (just like IDM)
- it works on all sites, well except for mega.nz (just like IDM)
- it can scan the website and show me a download button on top of the media if it detects media like a YouTube video or an audio file playing, etc... (just like IDM)
- It works perfectly with Firefox (just like IDM)
- it doesn't have to keep running in the background, starting a direct download link should initiate it and show me a pop download dialog/window (just like IDM)
I have tried:
- Persepolis: it has failed me miserably, the download fails 99% of the time (like from GitHub) so I ended up disabling the browser extension because it was getting in my way.
- Motrix: I have tried it on Windows with Firefox, but it doesn't auto-detect the downloads and I have to copy and paste the download links and in some cases this is very difficult as many websites don't show the direct download link to the user.
- Varia: tried it quickly yesterday, and it failed to auto capture the download link and Firefox built in download manager started instead.
- FDM: I have tried to download it off the package manager (a flatpak from Linux mint software manager) but it failed to install for some reason and now the download option doesn't load at all! But I have used FDM on Windows before, and it is not as good as IDM.
I just downloaded KGet, and it doesn't seem to be what I'm looking for, but we will see.
Some notes:
- youtube-dl: I never used it before but from what I know about it, I'm pretty sure it doesn't fit my criteria
- I'm using 1DM+ on my android phone, and it is so damn good, it's almost perfect, it is the golden standard for download managers on android, this app is another example of "it just works".
- I think I'm losing hope, and I'm going to see if IDM can run perfectly using WINE
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final update
Tested JDownloader2 with the Download with JDownloader Firefox extension vs FDM and the winner is FDM because it just worked out of the box no configuration was needed beyond just installing the browser extension, and it did a better job at meeting my requirements except for the 3rd one, but thankfully I found this great extension so it's alright
- ah I almost forgot, yes I tested DownThemAll, and it didn't automatically capture downloads, so this was an instant no
I get this error message whenever I try to
{"message":"{\"msg\":\"No space left on device (os error 28)\",\"files\":null}"}
I tried different font settings in the font settings and it didn't improve much (font hinting, anti aliasing, custom DPI settings, different font size)
The font is the default one which is Ubuntu Regular with font size set to 10
Sub pixel order is set properly to RGB Linux Mint xfce
Even when running windows in a virtual machine, the font rendering in it is miles ahead of what I got on my Linux setup!!!
cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/1181564
> Did you try all of them? > > What made you stick with the one you are currently using? > > I became fully aware of Control D only yesterday as the name was vaguely familiar to me when I heard it and for Adguard DNS well I thought it was a normal-ish DNS service like 1 1 1 1, quad9, Google, etc... (not that user configurable). > > I tried looking for some reviews and discussions comparing the 3 but found almost nothing about Control D and Adguard DNS but I did stumble upon Control D CEO 2 blog posts comparing Adguard DNS and NextDNS to Control D. > > There seems to be not that much talk about these 2 unlike NextDNS which seems way more popular, if I'm correct then what made it way more popular and known?
Did you try all of them?
What made you stick with the one you are currently using?
I became fully aware of Control D only yesterday as the name was vaguely familiar to me when I heard it and for Adguard DNS well I thought it was a normal-ish DNS service like 1 1 1 1, quad9, Google, etc... (not that user configurable).
I tried looking for some reviews and discussions comparing the 3 but found almost nothing about Control D and Adguard DNS but I did stumble upon Control D CEO 2 blog posts comparing Adguard DNS and NextDNS to Control D.
There seems to be not that much talk about these 2 unlike NextDNS which seems way more popular, if I'm correct then what made it way more popular and known?
I literally haven't seen anyone even mention it anywhere on the internet as if it never existed, when it comes to Ad blockers I always see uBO recommended with absolutely no mention whatsoever of ABP why? What makes it better than ABP? What happened to it? or maybe I'm wrong and ABP is not as well known as I think it is.
I have been using ABP for many years until someday don't remember when I switched to uBO because I read that it is "the best ad blocker".
I maybe need a history lesson as everything on the matter seems so vague to me and the whole situation is super weird