• Semmelstulle
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    121 year ago

    I do NOT understand how zip is still the default. I use .tgz wherever I can.

      • Semmelstulle
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        31 year ago

        But isn’t that’s given with tgz too?
        Except of course Windows iirc

        • @Mininux
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          61 year ago

          Yep, but Windows is still the majority right now… And i’m sure there are a lot of people out there that don’t have 7zip installed (why doesn’t MS include their own implementation already ?)

          • Semmelstulle
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            31 year ago

            And this is the problem imo. If you NEVER change a thing you will never improve

            • @Mininux
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              21 year ago

              Good luck teaching that to people who only use a computer to browse Facebook.

              Not saying it’s impossible, but it takes time

                • @Mininux
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                  21 year ago

                  i was exagerating but you get the idea

                  let me rephrase, “people who only install two or three softwares on their computer without wanting to learn “complicated” stuff such as archive format. ~and browse facebook too~.”

                  • Semmelstulle
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                    11 year ago

                    Yeah sometimes I just don’t realize that a thing is an exaggeration haha

          • Semmelstulle
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            21 year ago

            You can do it on iOS using Siri Shortcuts.
            I don’t get how they add all these formats to Shortcuts but only Zip into the file app…

    • DeGandalf
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      121 year ago

      Because of your comment, I did a quick google search and pretty much every source says that .tar.gz is also pretty ancient and not that good (from a compression point of view). For better compression, you can use the xz or 7zip formats. The former is more used on Linux, if that’s what you’re using.