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What is your favorite open source software? (lemmy.ml)

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[-] iRyu@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Genuine question because I've used winrar forever. Why 7zip over winrar?

[-] TrivialBetaState@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago

They can all serve the same purpose. The advantages of 7zip are the following:

It is totally free (as both in free beer and free speach)
The 7z compression format is superior to rar because it can compress either more or faster (not both though)
The rar format is proprietary. You are free to decompress but not to compress. In a business setting, you could theoretically get in trouble if you don't have a license. In some countries, e.g. USA, even outside a business setting. But if you have been using winrar forever, I can't see you changing your ways anytime soon! :)

[-] iRyu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I have used 7zip on a work computer or something, but it was quite a while ago. I mainly use winrar on my personal computers to decompress files. I may check out 7zip sometime, it may be nice to get rid of that pop up lol.

Thanks!

[-] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

Do people really still use WinRar? I thought that was a relic of the old internet.

[-] Jivebunny@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

You don't have to pay for the license /s

this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2023

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