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minus-squareJewGoblin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down4·edit-21 year agodoesn’t WinRAR do certain things that 7zip doesn’t? I can’t think of what 7zip lacks, but I know it does lack some features
minus-squarestillwater@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down4·1 year agoYes, WinRAR asks for money.
minus-squarescottywh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down5·edit-21 year agoExactly! And it’s the only thing WinRAR does that 7zip doesn’t… Besides all the things 7zip does better… Like compression… 😂
minus-squarepascal@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoI love WinRAR, but you’re right here: https://peazip.github.io/peazip-compression-benchmark.html
minus-squarescottywh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·1 year agoNo one with a brain loves winrar
minus-squarepascal@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoYou’re right. I like Winrar, never had an issue with it in many years of use.
minus-squareKrudler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoThe reason WinRAR was useful to me allllllll those years ago was for one thing and one thing only: You could split an archive into chunks. So mostly I found that it was good for getting my warez in 1.44MB chunks.
minus-squareTheFerrango@lemmy.basedcount.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoAnon: hey Krudler, do you have a cracked copy of GTA3 Krudler: say no more, friend Sends 350 floppy disks with the cracked game
minus-squaremarx2k@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agohttps://www.tecmint.com/split-large-tar-into-multiple-files-of-certain-size/
minus-squareGanbat@lemmyonline.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoAfaik, the only thing 7Zip lacks in comparison to WinRAR is the ability to create rar files, and that’s only because the format is proprietary.
minus-squareGreenBottles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agothis is true I actually needed to get winrar to install a free game I acquired lately 7z would not open it properly for some reason
doesn’t WinRAR do certain things that 7zip doesn’t?
I can’t think of what 7zip lacks, but I know it does lack some features
Yes, WinRAR asks for money.
Exactly!
And it’s the only thing WinRAR does that 7zip doesn’t… Besides all the things 7zip does better… Like compression… 😂
I love WinRAR, but you’re right here: https://peazip.github.io/peazip-compression-benchmark.html
No one with a brain loves winrar
You’re right. I like Winrar, never had an issue with it in many years of use.
lol
The reason WinRAR was useful to me allllllll those years ago was for one thing and one thing only: You could split an archive into chunks. So mostly I found that it was good for getting my warez in 1.44MB chunks.
Anon: hey Krudler, do you have a cracked copy of GTA3
Krudler: say no more, friend
Sends 350 floppy disks with the cracked game
https://www.tecmint.com/split-large-tar-into-multiple-files-of-certain-size/
Afaik, the only thing 7Zip lacks in comparison to WinRAR is the ability to create rar files, and that’s only because the format is proprietary.
this is true I actually needed to get winrar to install a free game I acquired lately 7z would not open it properly for some reason