off topic, yet on

[Meng Cheah]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 03:38:10AM +0000, Peter wrote:
>   
>> Trying to download Windows 7 rc using Firefox on Linux -- no joy. Insists on a
>> 'download manager' in java or such. No suh thing here. Sorry. Solutions ?
>>     
>
> firefox seems to fail to deal with microsoft's page.  Konqueror worked
> perfectly fine for it though.  I didn't get to opera since konqueror did the job.
>
> It did not involve any download manager, it simply provided a url to
> the iso (well at least it did when I checked the source of the page with
> the download button).  Firfox refused to even get as far as that page
> though.
>   
I downloaded Windows 7 RC with iceweasel on lenny without problems.

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