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Quick! Download a Metalink client & try it!
If you use Firefox (on Windows, Mac, or Unix)
the easiest way to download with Metalink is DownThemAll! (Cross Platform Firefox Extension, Open Source).
Just install DTA, then right click the Metalink for the flavor of Ubuntu you want, and select "Start link with OneClick!"
You can also install a download manager, Free Download Manager (Open Source), wxDownload Fast (Open Source), GetRight , Net Transport , Orbit Downloader , and Retriever work well. (These integrate with Firefox with the FlashGot extension).
You could also install another web browser, TheWorld Browser , or SmartFTP (no acceleration).
There's also a Windows version of aria2 and Metalink Checker , both excellent command line downloaders, but it may only be appropriate for those comfortable using non-graphical applications.
There's KGet2 in KDE4.
aria2 can be installed with 'sudo apt-get install aria2 ' on Debian & Ubuntu. Binary packages are available for many other distributions. There's also Retriever and wxDownload Fast , download managers that can be integrated with Firefox with the FlashGot extension.
Metalink Checker is another excellent command line downloader.
Speed Download (Mac) is a slick Download Manager with fast downloads & P2P filesharing. It integrates with popular Mac browsers like Safari, Camino, & Firefox (along with 5 others). Retriever also works on Mac, along with aria2 and Metalink Checker for command line users.
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If you would like to add Metalinks to your site, you might want to read the Publisher's Guide .
Metalink @ Packages Resources provides updated Metalinks for the Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, Linux Kernel, OpenOffice.org, openSUSE, Ubuntu/Edubuntu/Kubuntu ISOs with more Open Source projects on the way (KDE, Mandriva).
Software and source code (perl) for generating Metalinks is also available there.
debindex is a Debian archive URL index that creates Metalinks for downloads.
OpenOffice.org and cURL provide Metalinks for their downloads.
Appupdater has a Metalink Repository with the following Windows apps available for download with Metalink:
7 Zip, AOL Instant Messenger, AbiWord, ActivePerl, Ad Aware SE, Adobe Reader, Appupdater, Aria2, Aspell, Audacity, BitTorrent, CDex, Celestia, Citrix Client, DivX, Eraser, Excel Viewer, Feedreader, Firefox, Flash, GAIM, GIMP, GTK+, Google Earth, IrfanView, Java, Metalink Editor, MythTV Filters, NSIS, Netstumbler, Network Stumbler, Notepad++, OpenOffice, PDFCreator, Pidgin, Powerpoint Viewer, PuTTY,
Python, QuickTime, RealPlayer, RealVNC, Spybot, StreamRipper32, Sunbird, SyncToy, Thunderbird, TortoiseSVN, VCDControlTool, VLC, Virtual PC, Visio Viewer, WinPcap, WinSCP,
Winamp, Windows Media Player, Wireshark, Word Viewer, World Wind, iTunes, py2exe py 2.5, pywin32 py 2.5.
Mirror Search indexes FTP sites and returns search results in metalinks.
LugRadio , the world's premiere free and open source radio show, uses Metalinks.
Polish Wikipedia DVD is available for download with Metalink.
openSUSE offers Metalinks for their distribution.
Ubuntu Greek and Indonesia provide Metalinks for their downloads.
The UniProt Consortium , now provides a Metalink for the RDF
distribution of the UniProt protein database .
Eiffel Software uses Metalink for their downloads. They offer a compiler/development IDE for the Eiffel programming language , among other things.
Other Linux/BSD/OpenSolaris distributions:
64 Studio ,
ADIOS ,
Arch Linux ,
Bayanihan Linux ,
BeleniX (OpenSolaris),
Berry Linux ,
blag linux ,
Bluewhite64 Linux ,
Damn Small Linux ,
DesktopBSD ,
GoboLinux ,
Granular Linux ,
Hacao Linux ,
KateOS ,
Linux Mint ,
MidnightBSD ,
MirOS BSD ,
Pardus Linux ,
PC-BSD ,
PCLinuxOS ,
PuppyLinux ,
redWall Firewall ,
Sabayon ,
StartCom Linux ,
TrueBSD ,
Ubuntu Christian Edition .
DOFUS , a "Tactical MMORPG", uses Metalink for their downloads.
Horizons Crafting Calculator.
Justablip Records Open Source audio.
Metalink 3.0 Examples [back to top ] Instructions for use with GetRight are at the bottom of the page.
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ISOs (large disk images)
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Mandriva 2008 Spring x86 / x86_64 1 - 2 - 3 int cdrom / extra-i18n-cdrom asia-cdrom int cdrom / extra-i18n-cdrom asia-cdrom Mini Dual (Linux ISO)Mandriva 2008.0 x86 / x86_64 1 - 2 - 3 x86 / x86_64 Mini Dual (Linux ISO)x86 /
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openSUSE Live DVD | i386 DVD | x86_64 DVD | PPC DVD ]CD1 - CD2 - CD3 - CD4 - CD5 ]CD1 - CD2 - CD3 - CD4 - CD5 ]10.3 Alpha releases KDE Four Live : 0.5 (Beta 3+) Pardus-Kurulan-2007.2_Beta.iso Pardus-Kurulan-2007.1.iso Pardus-Calisan-2007.1.iso (Linux LiveCD) PC-BSD 1.4 (x86) [ CD1 / CD2 / VMWare Image ] (BSD ISO)PCLinuxOS 2007 Big Daddy - Junior - MiniMe ]TR4 (Linux ISO)Pioneer Explorer Server 1.0 Final Pioneer Explorer 1.1 Final Pioneer Explorer 1.0 Final Pioneer Basic Release 2.1 DVD Pioneer Christian Edition Beta 1 Pioneer MigrationSERVER Release 2.1 (Linux ISO)puppy-2.16.1-seamonkey-fulldrivers.iso puppy-216-NOP.iso openoffice-2.2.0.sfs i386 /
x86_64 (Linux ISO)Sabayon Metalink Downloads
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Metalink Instructions for GetRight 6 by Seth D Brown [back to top ] GetRight 6.0 .Metalink 3.0 Examples above for downloading.
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