In addition to being free, the 7z file format seems to achieve slightly higher compression ratios.
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BakonGuy@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoSerious question, why?
I see this all the time, but I’ve run my own tests in the past and found WinRAR to be both faster and produce smaller file sizes.
gallopingsnail@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
7zip is free.
CCF_100@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Easy. 7-zip is open source. Enough said.
BakonGuy@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Fair enough.