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| - | **Zip** | + | **7-Zip** |
| - | ZIP was hardcore the good old times, now its dying away. **__DO NOT USE ZIP__** anymore, just use RAR nowadays as its better in all areas. | + | The best archive / packing software today, both for Linux and Windows. Only use 7-Zip. Its archive util which has more powerful packing capabilities than RAR, however its not scene accepted at 2021 yet (being reason for Linux support or whatever, its just not there yet). RAR and 7-Zip are compatible between each other. |
| - | Homepage [[http://www.winzip.com/|here]]. | + | 7-Zip has command line version available for both Linux and Windows, this is very useful packing backups and addons/mods. |
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| + | When you use 7-Zip makes sure to have enabled archive format: 7z, compression level: Ultra and compression method: LZMA2. These options create extremely small file size .7z archive packets. | ||
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| + | Homepage [[https://www.7-zip.org/|here]]. | ||
| **RAR** | **RAR** | ||
| - | The best and scene accepted archive program, both for Linux and in Windows. It will make the packets much smaller than zip, maybe even 25-50mb on **large** files, its amazing difference. RAR can also open zips and many other archive formats. Make no mistake, RAR is the way to go. | + | RAR was good and still is scene accepted archive program, both for Linux and Windows. It will make the packets much smaller than zip, maybe even 25-50mb on **large** files, its amazing difference. RAR can also open zips and many other archive formats. **__DO NOT USE RAR__** anymore, you should use 7-Zip instead. |
| - | Homepage [[http://www.rarlab.com/|here]]. | + | Homepage [[https://www.rarlab.com/|here]]. |
| - | **7-Zip** | + | **Zip** |
| - | Its archive util which has more powerful packing capabilities than RAR, however its not scene accepted at 2010 yet (being reason for Linux support or whatever, its just not there yet). RAR and 7-Zip are compatible between each other. | + | ZIP was hardcore the good old times, now it has died. **__DO NOT USE ZIP__** anymore, just use 7-Zip nowadays as its better in all areas. |
| - | Homepage [[http://www.7-zip.org/|here]]. | + | Homepage [[https://www.winzip.com/|here]]. |
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