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FDM 2.5 is released!

Aug 15, 2007

Dear all! We have released Free Download Manager 2.5. FDM is now released under GNU General Public License!

Of course, this is not the only thing you can rejoice at, as FDM 2.5 opens up new opportunities for its loyal users, as well as for those who are just about to join the FDM community.

What’s new:

  • Flash video download
  • Audio / video files converter
  • Bittorent support
  • Easy file sharing
  • Remote control
  • Portable mode
  • Metalink support
  • General Public License
  • Multilanguage support (desired language may be chosen during installation)

See the full features list. 

Free Download Manager 2.5 is available for free download here. Enjoy!

FDM 2.3 beta build 657

Jul 06, 2007

changes:

[+] option for disabling seeding of completed bittorrent downloads
[+] enable/disable seeding of selected bittorrent downloads
[-] Uploaded files may be damaged
[-] zip preview minor bug fix
[-] bug fixes in bittorrent support

FDM 2.3 beta 6 build 655

Jul 04, 2007

Dear all! Thank you for helping us test FDM beta. We have updated it, now it’s 2.3 beta 6 build 655.

What’s new:

[+] Bittorrent: enable/disable seeding of completed downloads
[*] Improved implementation of Bittorrent protocol
[-] Sometimes a bug occurred after deleting a group of downloads
[-] Bug in portable version of FDM
[-] General bug fixes.

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