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== Download ==

To obtain Wikipedia offline on your computer, you can download ~~these previously listed~~ components separately or download a package ~~with everything inside. That's the reason why we propose both to download~~:

To obtain Wikipedia offline on your computer, you can download the components separately or download a package including all of them:

* '''Non-indexed ZIM''' files ~~contains~~ only a ZIM file ~~and~~ you may want to [[Special:MyLanguage/ZIM Indexing|index]] it to ~~be able to use the~~ fulltext ~~search~~.

* '''Non-indexed ZIM''' files contain only a ZIM file you may want to [[Special:MyLanguage/ZIM Indexing|index]] later if you need to do fulltext searches.

* '''Portable pre-indexed ZIM''' ~~file~~ contain the Kiwix software with an indexed ZIM file. Everything is compressed in a ZIP file. For now, these packages work only for wit Microsoft Windows and GNU/Linux. In these packages, the ZIM files may be split into several 2 gigabytes parts to be compatible with FAT32 file-systems.

* '''Portable pre-indexed ZIM''' files contain the Kiwix software with a pre-indexed ZIM file. Everything is compressed in a ZIP file. For now, these packages work only for wit Microsoft Windows and GNU/Linux. In these packages, the ZIM files may be split into several two gigabytes parts to be compatible with FAT32 file-systems.

The '''Portable pre-indexed ZIM''' is a little bit bigger than the '''Non-indexed ZIM''' file, but if you have enough bandwidth, we recommend to download it. It's the easiest way to have a directly usable Wikipedia offline and this package be really easy to copy on many different places.

The '''Portable pre-indexed ZIM''' is always a little bit bigger than the '''Non-indexed ZIM''' file, but if you have enough bandwidth, we recommend to download it. It's the easiest way to have a directly usable Wikipedia offline and this package will be really easy to copy on many different places.

There are two ways to ~~downloads~~ each file:

There are two ways to download each file:

* '''Bittorent''' (recommended) which downloads the file with a [http://www.utorrent.com torrent software].

* '''Bittorent''' (recommended) which downloads the file with a [http://www.utorrent.com torrent software]. Using Bittorrent you save our bandwidth and you get the insurance that you file won't get corrupted during the download process.

* '''Direct download''' which downloads the file directly with your browser. If you already have Kiwix installed on your computer, we recommend to download this ZIM file from the internal Kiwix library.

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 == Download ==
-To obtain Wikipedia offline on your computer, you can download these previously listed components separately or download a package with everything inside. That's the reason why we propose both to download:
+To obtain Wikipedia offline on your computer, you can download the components separately or download a package including all of them:
-* '''Non-indexed ZIM''' files contains only a ZIM file and you may want to [[Special:MyLanguage/ZIM Indexing|index]] it to be able to use the fulltext search.
+* '''Non-indexed ZIM''' files contain only a ZIM file you may want to [[Special:MyLanguage/ZIM Indexing|index]] later if you need to do fulltext searches.
-* '''Portable pre-indexed ZIM''' file contain the Kiwix software with an indexed ZIM file. Everything is compressed in a ZIP file. For now, these packages work only for wit Microsoft Windows and GNU/Linux. In these packages, the ZIM files may be split into several 2 gigabytes parts to be compatible with FAT32 file-systems.
+* '''Portable pre-indexed ZIM''' files contain the Kiwix software with a pre-indexed ZIM file. Everything is compressed in a ZIP file. For now, these packages work only for wit Microsoft Windows and GNU/Linux. In these packages, the ZIM files may be split into several two gigabytes parts to be compatible with FAT32 file-systems.
-The '''Portable pre-indexed ZIM''' is a little bit bigger than the '''Non-indexed ZIM''' file, but if you have enough bandwidth, we recommend to download it. It's the easiest way to have a directly usable Wikipedia offline and this package be really easy to copy on many different places.
+The '''Portable pre-indexed ZIM''' is always a little bit bigger than the '''Non-indexed ZIM''' file, but if you have enough bandwidth, we recommend to download it. It's the easiest way to have a directly usable Wikipedia offline and this package will be really easy to copy on many different places.
-There are two ways to downloads each file:
+There are two ways to download each file:
-* '''Bittorent''' (recommended) which downloads the file with a [http://www.utorrent.com torrent software].
+* '''Bittorent''' (recommended) which downloads the file with a [http://www.utorrent.com torrent software]. Using Bittorrent you save our bandwidth and you get the insurance that you file won't get corrupted during the download process.
 * '''Direct download''' which downloads the file directly with your browser. If you already have Kiwix installed on your computer, we recommend to download this ZIM file from the internal Kiwix library.