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Shhh you're a free software
Unlike 7-Zip, which is actually free and also open-source as well
7-Zip is by far the best archiving software on Windows
it's the most convenient, but i still use my winrar for some things, mainly some of the self-extractors i build and when i want recovery bits.
Didn't Microsoft get in trouble for trying to steal 7zip code without credit or something?
Well, but I'm used to WinRAR and never had any issues. Only need it once every few months. And it's pretty fun when the software tries to tell me that it isn't a free software. What a silly thing to say!
Snot. You run windows 🤪
I didn't say I use Windows. I only said that 7-Zip is the best archiving software available for it.
Also, 7-zip is available for Linux too
You can use Wine on Linux to install it...
No, it's proprietary
Free as in free beer, not as in freedom.
When refering to software free usually means free as in freedom
Not in this case