Willy@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 个月前Remember when it was a big deal if you chose .zip, .rar, or 7z, etc? Now we all have so much bandwidth it doesn't matter.message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1231arrow-down17
arrow-up1224arrow-down1message-squareRemember when it was a big deal if you chose .zip, .rar, or 7z, etc? Now we all have so much bandwidth it doesn't matter.Willy@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 个月前message-square79fedilink
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·6 个月前Windows opens RAR files right out the box. Just tested. And if you need a separate unzipper for whatever reason, 7-Zip opens all the things.
minus-squarekonalt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·6 个月前Only WinRAR can create RAR files if I recall correctly. That’s the proprietary part.
minus-squaresik0fewl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 个月前I removed mine after the 40 day trial period.
minus-squareSquigglyEmpire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 个月前Windows now handles 7z files natively too (at least as of the upcoming Windows 11 24H2 version), I’m glad they’ve at least added some legit new features for File Explorer.
Windows opens RAR files right out the box. Just tested.
And if you need a separate unzipper for whatever reason, 7-Zip opens all the things.
Only WinRAR can create RAR files if I recall correctly. That’s the proprietary part.
But winRAR is free anyway
It’s freeware, but not FOSS.
I removed mine after the 40 day trial period.
Windows now handles 7z files natively too (at least as of the upcoming Windows 11 24H2 version), I’m glad they’ve at least added some legit new features for File Explorer.