Wilshire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoRussia and China-backed hackers are exploiting WinRAR zero-day bugtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1460arrow-down17
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minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down4·1 year agoI don’t get why someone would prefer rar over zip and 7z. Even tar.gz and all their flavors are more common.
minus-squarepascal@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoYeah, 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.
minus-squareyoustolemyname@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoHow does it compare to 7z (the file format) though?
minus-squarepascal@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoAccording to this benchmark, 7z compression is better. https://peazip.github.io/peazip-compression-benchmark.html
I don’t get why someone would prefer rar over zip and 7z.
Even tar.gz and all their flavors are more common.
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.
How does it compare to 7z (the file format) though?
According to this benchmark, 7z compression is better.
https://peazip.github.io/peazip-compression-benchmark.html