Free Download Manager : An alternative to IDM.

You must have used IDM some point of time and got frustrated after 1 month use, after which it asks you to pay. Well, there is an alternative in the Open Source World. As competent as IDM, and even better in some aspects. No payment needed to use it, no trials download. Complete software to you with full functionality free of cost. 

Features. 

• High download speeds. FDM increases downloading speed by splitting a file into various sections and downloading parts simultaneously. Thus increasing the downloading speed as more as 6 times. 
• Resume support. FDM provides resume support. No need to download the file again if the download is once broken or your internet connection is lost for a minute. You must be frustrated by download failed at 90%. Don't you? 
• Traffic usage control. It allows you to control the traffic usage according to your needs. 
• Schedule download. You can schedule a download to be downloaded later whenever you are not using your system for facebook may be. 
• Open source and released under GNU GPL license. No need to pay for it, free to redistribute it, copy it, modify it. 
• Youtube Videos download. Free Download Manager can be used to download videos from popular sites like youtube, metacafe, google video, daily motion etc. IT downloads videos in .flv format which can later be converted according to need.
• Create a portable version. No need to install it on several systems if you want to use it on someone's else computer. You can easily make a portable version. 
• It even have bit-torrent, FTP support for downloads. 
• Available in just 8 MB. 

Having a look on all these features, its a must try. 

Download. 

You can download the latest version of Free Download Manager  FDM INSTALLER here.

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