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submitted 11 months ago by Wilshire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't get why someone would prefer rar over zip and 7z.
Even tar.gz and all their flavors are more common.

[–] pascal@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, well technically .cab is more common than tar.gz but that doesn't mean I'd start using it.

I personally use RAR because I think it's a better format than ZIP, but I use ZIP when I have to share the archive with anyone.

[–] youstolemyname@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

How does it compare to 7z (the file format) though?

[–] pascal@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

According to this benchmark, 7z compression is better.