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distro machine (with multi-download protection)

Well, it seems my last devblog pissed *someone* off!

It's been on my mind for a while, to add this facility to the distro machine; but after some fool, a couple of days ago, downloaded three thousand copies of my ffmpeg front-end, I decided to move it up the list. Hey, ffe is sweet, but not THAT sweet!

I had noticed that on occasion, folk would download the same file two or more times. I guess this is because the distro machine, unlike many web download facilities, sends the correct mime types and attachment headers, and the download is most likely being dumped straight into their download folder, automatically, as it should be. So automatically, in fact, that they don't even realize it has happened.

The distro machine will now thoughtfully inform users that they have already downloaded that file, and ask them to check their downloads folder. A back button and a mail link is provided, in case the user feels there has been an error.

I figured other distro machine users might not have a T3 and unlimited bandwidth*, so this will prevent some halfwit from eating up your monthly allowance.

Latest ßeta download available in the usual place.

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