Metalink News : 07 Jan 2008

[Ant Bryan]

Retriever (cross platform download manager) adds Metalink
Metalink Library for PHP and Python
aria2 mixes regular downloads & P2P; aria2fe GUI
Geo McFly - on the fly location based Metalink generation
Appupdater (apt-get/yum for Windows) and Metalink Repository
Metalink Checker downloads or checks mirrors
TheWorld (Windows), first browser with native Metalink support
Sabayon Linux adopts Metalinks for ISO downloads
Mirror Search indexes FTP sites and returns search results in
metalinks.
LugRadio, the world's premiere free and open source radio
show, now uses Metalinks.
Upcoming download clients: KGet in KDE4, DownThemAll!, VeryCD
easyMule, Net Transport
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Halogenware's Retriever (Cross Platform, Java) is a download
manager that includes Metalink and BitTorrent support.

http://www.halogenware.com/software/retriever.html

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Metalink Library for PHP and Python 1.1 is a script based
library by Rene Leonhardt to create and manage Metalinks. In addition,
single-file BitTorrent files can be generated as well as imported.

http://code.google.com/p/metalink-library/

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aria2 0.12.0 (Unix/Win), the high speed command line download
utility with Metalink support, is out! This historic release lets you
mix regular downloads and P2P! Try out aria2fe, a friendly GUI front
end, while you're at it.

http://aria2.sourceforge.net/
http://www.aria2fe.com/

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Geo McFly (Unix/Windows, Open Source) is an on the fly
generator of metalinks based on client's geographical location by Per
Øyvind Karlsen.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/geomcfly

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Appupdater 0.8.2 by Neil McNabb is out, with a Metalink
Repository for lots of Windows software! The repository has .metalinks
for the following programs on Windows: 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.

http://www.nabber.org/projects/appupdater/
http://www.nabber.org/projects/appupdater/metalink/

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Metalink Checker (Cross Platform, Open Source) is a command
line Python downloader by the author of Appupdater that supports multi-
source downloads, as well as checking mirrors listed in .metalinks.

http://metamirrors.nl/metalinks_project

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TheWorld Browser (Windows) is the first web browser with
native Metalink support. It's got a built in download manager and
looks great!

http://www.ioage.com/en/index.htm

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Sabayon, the "most advanced, scalable and community driven
Linux distribution of this odd world" uses Metalinks for ISO
downloads. See Metalinks - Internet - (Aggregated Sources)

http://www.sabayonlinux.org/mod/mirrors

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Mirror Search indexes FTP sites and returns search results in
metalinks.

http://mirrorsearch.org/

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LugRadio, the world's premiere free and open source radio
show, now uses Metalinks.

http://www.lugradio.org/

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Upcoming download clients: KGet in KDE4, DownThemAll!, VeryCD
easyMule, Net Transport.
KDE 4.0.0 includes KGet 2.0 and is planned for release on 11 Jan 2008.
DownThemAll! 1.0 release date is unknown but betas and nightly testing
versions are available.
VeryCD easyMule is a mod of eMule and a beta is already available.
Net Transport release date is unknown, but Metalink should be
supported in version 2.54.

http://www.kde.org/
http://www.downthemall.net/
http://www.net-xfer.com/default.htm