Compressing with RAR vs ZIP
Problem
A lot of people are compressing files with RAR, sending compressed files with RAR and so on. ZIP is more standard and works on all platforms. Windows users have ZIP included and Linux users have no trouble with that file format. The tests I did sometime ago showed me that RAR compress better (some kilobytes, no more) but not enough to use a non-free program when ZIP works on almost all computers for free. Why do some people use RAR rather than ZIP for compressing?
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Fix for: Compressing with RAR vs ZIP
Stop using these WinRAR and WinZip tools -- shift to 7-Zip. It's free available across platforms, as command-line and GUI available in portable form across platforms has good compression ratio (check the site or try for yourself) has no pop-up pain allows you to use most of the other formats it is also open-source can be used in commercial and personal development (within GNU LGPL constraints) live support forum at Sourceforge Vista 32-bit compatibility multiple languages supported The only com…
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