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Windows 11 adds native support for RAR, 7-Zip, Tar and other archive formats thanks to open-source library (www.techspot.com)

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Windows 11 adds native support for RAR, 7-Zip, Tar and other archive formats thanks to open-source library::undefined

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[–] lmaydev@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Why would you use any of them when zip exists?

For an average user they offer no advantage.

[–] Patch@feddit.uk 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Zip has a worse compression ratio than 7z, and that's a disadvantage for the average user (for example, a user with an email attachment size limit that they need to stay under).

If Windows natively supports one of the better alternatives, there's no reason to keep using zip. It's a 30 year old format, and it's something that regular users will happily just go with whatever's default.

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Not only does Zip have a worse compression ratio than 7z, but it even takes longer to make the zip due to the fact the windows zip program is single threaded.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I know for a fact .tar.xz offers the best compression rate for my use case.

[–] lmaydev@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Then you aren't an average user.

[–] msage@programming.dev 4 points 10 months ago

It also takes forever to pack.

I ran benchmarks for syslog compression/decompression, and ended up using plzip, which used lzma, just because it was the fastest decompression while still having only marginally worse ratio.

But it still takes forever to pack.