Finally a Download Accelerator for Linux that Works with Chrome/Chromium

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 30, 2010

[ Thanks to Dart for
this link. ]

“There are not many download accelerators for Linux
that integrate well with web browsers and have support for
downloading links right from the browser. Command line tools like
Axel download accelerator and Aria2 are available for Linux but
then you have to download links by copy/pasting them into terminal
or in a GUI for it.

“PyAxelWS Download Accelerator Extension for Chromium now allows
users to accelerate downloads by using a simple python script
PyAxelWS and HTML5 Web Sockets. PyAxelWS is an extended version of
original python script Pyaxel that allows users to download files
from terminal.

“Pyaxel Features

* Accelerated downloads: Files are divided into pieces and each
piece is downloaded via a separate HTTP connection. This can
significantly increase download speed if the server throttles
individual connections.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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