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by ordu 621 days ago
> can't figure out how to unzip a zip or even finding out where files get downloaded to.

I have issues with that. FF doesn't show the path in the list of downloads. There is a button to start a file manager, but I have no file managers installed, so button doesn't work. In some cases I didn't find the better way than to copy the link and to download again with wget.
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eddd-ddde 621 days ago
If you don't have a file manager on your system chances are you can figure out where downloads are going to.
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ordu 621 days ago
Well, I manage it sometimes, but I then I forget how I did it. I think the way to do it, is to try to download something with ff again, but stop at the file chooser dialog to figure out where it points to.
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tiborsaas 621 days ago
You can configure FF that it will ask you each time, where you want to save the file.
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zahlman 620 days ago
Click the folder icon on the right-hand side of the entry in the download list (it should have "Show in Folder" hover text). If the file is still in the place where Firefox originally saved it, Firefox will instruct your file browser (Explorer on Windows; whatever else on Linux - for me, it's Nemo) to open a window for the containing folder. Otherwise it will add "File moved or missing" text to the entry.
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