@Willy@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 26 days agoRemember when it was a big deal if you chose .zip, .rar, or 7z, etc? Now we all have so much bandwidth it doesn't matter.message-square79fedilinkarrow-up1231arrow-down17
arrow-up1224arrow-down1message-squareRemember when it was a big deal if you chose .zip, .rar, or 7z, etc? Now we all have so much bandwidth it doesn't matter.@Willy@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 26 days agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squareaardlinkfedilink12•25 days agoI personally prefer bzip2 - but it needs to be packed with pbzip, not the regular bzip to generate archives that can be extracted on multiple cores. Not a good option if you have to think about Windows users, though.
minus-square@quicksand@lemm.eelinkfedilink3•25 days agoAh I have to use Windows for work and that’s the source of most of my compression needs. Thanks for the info though, I’ll look into this
I personally prefer bzip2 - but it needs to be packed with pbzip, not the regular bzip to generate archives that can be extracted on multiple cores. Not a good option if you have to think about Windows users, though.
Ah I have to use Windows for work and that’s the source of most of my compression needs. Thanks for the info though, I’ll look into this