Sourceforge tip
When downloading a file from Sourceforge, it can be pretty annoying. First, what looks like a link only gets the mirror selection screen; then it tries to download it in the browser, which is inconvenient if you only want to grab the address to paste into a console on a remote machine or wherever.
The solution is to add the following line to your
/etc/hosts
file (
%WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
on Windows, if I
remember correctly):
1.2.3.4 prdownloads.sourceforge.net
Replace 1.2.3.4 with the IP address of the host in question, which
you can obtain by enduring the mirror selector one more time and
pinging your chosen mirror.