A couple of days ago, I took a look at KGet, which is KDE’s resident download manager.

As you’d expect, KGet features heavy integration within Konqueror, the KDE web browser. However, many KDE users prefer to browse with Firefox for greater compatibility, meaning full integration between their browser and KGet isn’t possible by default.

Today, I’m going to show you how you can integrate the two programs using third-party Firefox extension FlashGot.

Installation

First of all, head over to the FlashGot website. On the left hand side of the page, click Download and then Install Now on the new page to download and install the Firefox extension.

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The road to KDE’s 4.0 release has been a little rocky. Many complained that the 4.0 release was not really ready for public consumption and it has taken some time for the new version to be smoothed out.

Things are a lot better now, and the new features and underlying technologies really do make KDE a better platform to use.

I’m FOSSwire’s resident KDE user. While I also like GNOME as a desktop, I tend to spend most of my GUI Linux time on KDE.

So, my question is this - should I move my KDE platform to 4.0 and start covering 4.x only applications and features from this point forward? Should I stick with 3.x? Or should I stagger the transition?

It’s you, the readers of FOSSwire, that make this what it is. So - what do you want to see in FOSSwire’s future KDE coverage?

UPDATE: Thanks for all your feedback. The general consensus appears to be to start looking at and reviewing KDE 4 apps and KDE 4 specific features. I will try to make sure that future KDE posts make it clear on which versions the functionality is available.

Download managers, although frowned upon by some, are often useful applications for those of us who download a lot of files, or are on slower connections and want to use a dedicated application (perhaps with some tricks up its sleeve) for the downloading of files.

KGet is KDE’s resident dedicated download program and is capable of acting both as a download manager for the Konqueror browser, as well as a standalone program.

On your system, KGet might already be installed. If not, you should be able to find a package named kget or get it as part of the kdenetwork metapackage.

When you first launch KGet, it asks you whether you want to enable that Konqueror integration I just mentioned.

Then, it all but disappears into a blue arrow in the system tray, usually at the bottom right of the screen.

There are now a few different ways you can start a download.

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