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Asklemmy @lemmy.ml d3Xt3r @lemmy.nz 1y ago

[POLL] Which file archiver/compression utility do you use?

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Poll title: Which file archiver/compression utility do you use? - Options: Built-in / Default archiver in Windows/Linux/Mac,7-Zip,Archiver,Bandizip,BetterZip,Keka,PeaZip,WinRAR,WinZip,Others

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Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world d3Xt3r @lemmy.nz 1y ago

[POLL] Which file archiver/compression utility do you use?

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7Zip does everything I need & it's open source.
I may be weird but I use both Ark (default archiver in KDE) and 7-zip in wine. The reason is that 7-zip has better compatibility with some file formats but most importantly, Ark can't extract files with unicode file names from some archive formats (including tar!). This problem has been known for years and affect many other linux archivers, it's a pain in the ass.
- Isn't there a command line 7zip for Linux + custom gui for it, or from another compression manager software?
  
  Yep, it's unofficial but the tools are p7zip and p7zip-gui. Confusingly, there's also PeaZip (which uses the 7zip libraries) and has no relation to the former.
All my real daily-use archivers were not listed in the poll, except 7zip.
Had to select "Other", but meant: gzip, xz, bzip2, unrar, rar and zip.
tar + xz
- Sometimes -j, if it's a small amount of data, otherwise it's too slow. I've started using --zstd a lot recently; still getting a feel for the performance, but it's pretty good.
  
  I think brotli has potential, but - again - I have to get used to using it more to get a feel for when it's safe to use (as it, it finishes before I lose patience with it).
that thumbnail :D
7zip is the way.

Unless, I am working in linux. Then tar+gzip.

Unless, I am doing backups or ZFS. Then, LZO typically, due to speed and minimal overhead.
atool, wraps many archiver in one command

https://www.nongnu.org/atool/
cmix :)

Seriously though, probably tar+gz/xz/etc.
- At least 32GB of RAM is recommended to run cmix.
  
  Oof.
7z usually.
I just do either zip foo.zip foo or tar czf bar.tar.gz bar
paq8o because why not? PeaZip handles it.
tar + zstd - beat this!
gzip
I'm a basic bitch, winrar for life. If I need mac compatibility I save as a zip instead of a rar. Seems I am alone in my basic bitchness, my assumption was that all compression utilities are doing the same thing... how come you're all using something different?
- Because there are free and open source alternatives available, rather than having WinRAR beg you to pay for it every time you open it. You should really try 7-Zip. Haven't looked back at WinRAR or any other utility since.
  
  It doesn't bother me to just hit ESC after I open it, can see how that would bug others (though tbf that's the point, and it remains free for me to use despite escaping out of that request for decades). Are there any advantages in speed of compression by switching to a different program?
  
  You significantly overestimate the amount of effort people want to put into getting a new utility set up when they already have one that works
7-zip on desktop and ZArchiver on Android.
Apparently it's something called file roller, which shows up in Mint as Archive Manager. And yes, I had to look that up right now. Never thought about it before.
7z gui on arch
Default macos archiver - Keka if I have any issues
On iOS i use command line archivers for whatever the file i want to decompress is, p7zip if i want to compress a file. On linux i use ark for compressing small files and decompressing files, because it integrates well with dolphin. For compressing i use PeaZip because it shows the progress.
☑️ "Compress the contents of this folder to save disk space."

(used sparingly, mostly on older HTML folders.)

(just did my ~weekly log back into kbin dance.)

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