Windows equivalents for Linux

One of the major factors that prevented me from using ubuntu regularly was the absence of a software as versatile as IDM for speeding up content download from the internet. Recently I found a great equivalent to IDM in ubuntu : axel

Here's how to use the axel command :

axel -N -n <number of connection> "<url>"

where the -N option is for not using the proxy server.

To download videos in linux its easy to use vlc and record the stream. A great pdf editor for linux is described here.