diff -aur gimp-2.6.11/plug-ins/file-uri/uri-backend-wget.c gimp-2.6.11.patched/plug-ins/file-uri/uri-backend-wget.c
--- gimp-2.6.11/plug-ins/file-uri/uri-backend-wget.c	2010-07-03 00:51:59.000000000 +0200
+++ gimp-2.6.11.patched/plug-ins/file-uri/uri-backend-wget.c	2011-06-19 16:45:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
       g_snprintf (timeout_str, sizeof (timeout_str), "%d", TIMEOUT);
 
       execlp ("wget",
-              "wget", "-v", "-e", "server-response=off", "-T", timeout_str,
+              "wget", "-v", "-e", "server-response=off", "--progress=dot", "-T", timeout_str,
               uri, "-O", tmpname, NULL);
       _exit (127);
     }