It's not easy to port system functions used by FDM. For example torrent library use sparse files - native for NTFS file system. Do you think it can be easy ported to work with ext2/ext3 file systems? Porting GUI is also problematic - you should prepare separate ports for different desktop environments. After all, the port could be ineffective - some time ago tests proved that Firefox for Windows in Wine was faster than native Firefox for Linux.

If you want similar interface, most of listed above functions you can have using wget with some GUI such as GwGet in Gnome. With KDE you have got native KGet described as "Getright for Linux". For rpm/deb you should better use native package manager.

Guest wrote:I looked it up, but there are only .exe files in all versions, but no surce code. Maby it is there and I just can´s see the link to download it. It´s the first time I want to get the source and not the programme.

they have the source code there for all versions before 3.0.850, for the last 3 versions they have no code

Is fdm available for ubuntu 10.10???

You can use FDM for Windows in WINE. Read here:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=15427

What about making the FDM for linux

What about reading older topics before asking?

Would it be possible to make a linux version? I have a monthly download limit, and as it is when I need to download something, I have to reboot into windows, open a browser, click download, so that FDM can pick it up and download it between 2-6am when download don't count against our limit. I'm sure there is a linux equivalant but it's not fdm. I've used fdm for so long that I just don't trust anything else to do the job correctly. After all if I try something else, and it doesn't work, I have to wait another 24 hours.

Vote for it http://freedownloadmanager.idea.informer.com/

Hi

May I point out to Openmandriva.org and hope to a Linux version of FDM ?
the Openmandriva it is the successor of
Mandriva from Mandriva SA in Paris(Jean Manuel Croset was the engine ),
now have get the Linuxdistriebution Mandriva to the Community and it
is now an Community-Linux, OM Lx.
and want be nice, if it is give an Linux-QT-Version of FDM
To be appear in Reactos.org and in OMLx (Linux)

best regards
Blacky

What is wrong with FDM running under WINE?

it's not directly integrated
wine gives only the api of winnt and it is not not directly in the linuxsystem..

wine it's good, but it's not the answer for all

best regards
Blacky

Yes a Linux version would be great. Works through Wine but seems heavier on resources than useing wget and others.

Have you read old topic "A Linux Version of FDM"?
Do you use any native Linux GUI for wget? If yes, have you asked developers of that GUI to add your favourite features from FDM? I think it should be easier to add such features to any existing native Linux app than to port Windows app GUI to QT, which is a complex framework.

I know, there are topic requesting a Linux port already, but... FDM is an excellent download manager, come on, people! The current download managers are shit.

Thanks!

You know that the best you can do is to help developers? No shit.