Willy@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoRemember when it was a big deal if you chose .zip, .rar, or 7z, etc? Now we all have so much bandwidth it doesn't matter.message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1231arrow-down17
arrow-up1224arrow-down1message-squareRemember when it was a big deal if you chose .zip, .rar, or 7z, etc? Now we all have so much bandwidth it doesn't matter.Willy@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squareNoxy@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·3 months ago7z works fine, and isn’t proprietary.
minus-squareBazebara@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months ago7z uses proprietary rar library to unpack
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·3 months ago7 zip didn’t gain popularity until years later. WinRar was essentially free, since most people never bought the lifetime license.
7z works fine, and isn’t proprietary.
7z uses proprietary rar library to unpack
7 zip didn’t gain popularity until years later. WinRar was essentially free, since most people never bought the lifetime license.