The necessity to launch an application by any manner other than a simple double click on it’s icon, or traversal of the Start Menu has diminished rapidly. So much in fact, you might not even be aware of why you would in any other way. The reason why this may be of interest to you [...]
GNU wget is a free utility for non-interactive download of files from the Web, generally available on most Linux installs. It supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols, as well as retrieval through HTTP proxies. Wget is non-interactive, meaning that it can work in the background, while the user is not logged on. This allows you [...]