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Diedel
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by Diedel » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:54 pm
Usually I prefer WinZIP because I find it more comfortable to use, but today I had to pack a huge amount of data, so I tried both:
WinZIP 9.00: 436 MB
WinRAR 3.51: 384 MB
Doh! WinRAR took quite a bit longer than WinZIP though.
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by CDN_Merlin » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:57 pm
RAR
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by Krom » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:59 pm
I'll take door number three.
http://www.7-zip.org/
Diedel
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by Diedel » Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:11 pm
I have heard of it. I will try it.
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by Kyouryuu » Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:08 pm
I agree. 7Zip is, imho, the best. Still, plain old ZIP is the most common. It would be bad manners to package things for other people in .7z.
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by Grendel » Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:33 pm
Unless it's self extracting ..
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by Duper » Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:52 pm
I use Ultimate Zip. Free and nice. : )
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by Jeff250 » Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:41 am
Grendel wrote: Unless it's self extracting ..
Still, self-extracting archives aren't something that you would want to, for example, upload to a website that a Mac or Linux user might access (e.g. D2x
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by Diedel » Thu Apr 27, 2006 2:26 am
Duper wrote: I use Ultimate Zip. Free and nice. : )
And slow like butt.
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by Peter » Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:22 am
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by Instig8 » Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:04 pm
400 megs? You noob. =)
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by Diedel » Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:08 pm
7-zip is way better than RAR with some files, and way worse with others.
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by Xamindar » Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:40 pm
curious, how does gzip and bzip (used in unix systems) compare to rar and zip?
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by Duper » Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:25 pm
Diedel wrote: Duper wrote: I use Ultimate Zip. Free and nice. : )
And slow like butt.
I don't have anyhwere to go. *shrug*.
Time managment folks.. time managment. ;D
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by Asrale » Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:10 pm
WinZip and WinRAR are shoddily written pieces of software.
PkZip for Windows for teh win and the fastest compression time!
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by MD-2389 » Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:39 pm
heh
Asrale = teh n00b.
/me pats DOS version of PKZip and PKUnzip
Seriously though, I've used WinRAR for years and love it. It may be shareware, but it still works after 40 days.
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by Samuel Dravis » Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:07 pm
I use
QuickZip . It lets me compress and decompress practically anything.
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by Mobius » Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:44 pm
Agreed: RAR files must be self extracting - and this is a problem, as many email servers are set to deny executables.
This being so, ZIP, set to \"best\" ius arguably superior.