Excuse me for the long time for reply ... here internet access problems =(
Tested with the build above now the sparse file allocation works !
Need more tests.
Thanks Alex and have an nice week.

I have tested FDM in Ubuntu 20.04 kernel 6.5 in an BTRFS partition and not allocate disk space creating sparse file download being the same issue as Ubuntu 24.04. Starting FDM being user or sudo happen the same issue. However if trying save allocate download file in another file system is created th...

Thanks for your actions replying. Tested the file from link https://files2.freedownloadmanager.org/tmp/fdm6/freedownloadmanager_6.20.0.5510.deb Unhappily not allocating disk space using sparse file =( That's an issue in Ubuntu 24.04 ? Please anyone still using Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 maybe test FDM i...

Thanks for your reply. 1. What is the last version of FDM which did work for you without this issue? I not remember exactly what is the version. Possibly 6.20.0.5510 (12-2023) because i see that bug in 2024 builds. Previous versions pre allocate disk space without high disk usage in BTRFS. 2. Is thi...

@Alex Thanks for your reply. I use BTRFS for partition used by FDM for more than 2 years and FDM previous version had pre allocated disk size for any type of download file. BTRFS supports sparse files. I remember downloading similar files in FDM previous versions being possible pre allocate disk spa...

Hello. I have used FDM for an long time and in moment using 6.22. I see FDM 6.22 not does pre allocate total file size for big download files as does the previous versions. That is wrong and create fragmentation. OS is Linux Ubuntu 20.04 using an an disk partition BTRFS in an HDD. Here happening an ...

Hello. Thanks for reading my topic. FDM not download files correctly from some sites. Example In https://www.tosecdev.org/downloads/category/57-2023-07-10 has the link https://www.tosecdev.org/downloads/category/57-2023-07-10?download=112:tosec-dat-pack-complete-3983-tosec-v2023-07-10 Only reporting...

Hello. Thanks for reading my topic. I have downloaded the FDM browser plugin from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/free-download-manager-addon/ OS is Linux Ubuntu 20.04.6. The file plugin is correctly installed in both Seamonkey and Waterfox both current version for Linux. The plugin n...

Hello. If download an file "X" and after move from FDM download folder trying download another "X" using same link download (a new update version of file using name) FDM not allow a new download task with message "file missing" That's an strange behavior need to be fixe...

Hello.
I want install FDM 32 bits in Ubuntu 18.04.5 32 bits.
Where have FDM version for download ?

Thanks for reply.

notification come from FDM

Using Free Download Manager 6.15.3.4236.
In
https://www.freedownloadmanager.org/dow ... -linux.htm
now is being displayed version FDM 6.7.0.2533 RC.

Not information about because FDM Linux download was downgraded to 6.7.
Have problem using 6.15.3 ?

Thanks for reply.

Excuse the long time to reply. [img]Preferences \ Browser Integration \ Enabling "Start downloading without confirmation" is good, but each download FDM send to OS a window message being displayed in top right screen for each download. The problem is each window message displayed need user...

Using FDM 6.14.2 in Linux Lubuntu 21.04 using LXQT. When click in download link in browser is added automatically the download in Free Download Manager. The problem is created a window status in top right screen to about new download added in list. That window status not is automatically closed and ...

Using Free Download Manager 6.14.2 in Linux Ubuntu 21.04. The problem is if using "Paste URLs from clipboard" to create automatically download task for example more of 1000 links being all links png file. Before begin download task a huge disk activity for several minutes is done in folder...