Comment on What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts?

Romkslrqusz@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• fartsparkles@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Keka is FOSS, supports 7z for both commission and decompression, and is native to macOS.

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• scheep@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  7-zip is foss??? damn, never knew that.

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  • LouSlash@sh.itjust.works ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It is FOSS in old-fashioned way

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• adarza@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  rar has recovery records. i know it’s a somewhat niche feature, one far more popular in the ‘olden days’ especially in certain uh… ‘venues’… but it’s something i’ve always used when making backups with it.

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  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    you can make par2 parity data for 7z using the par2 util.

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  • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Tell me more.

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    • Scrollone@feddit.it ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Files shared on Usenet (which may violate piracy laws) are usually packed in the rar format

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      • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        In sorry I sold have specified. I’m curious about the recovery feature.

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