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tar supports xz and even zstd now, but it's not clear those are better for all purposes than 7zip, especially since .7z is more likely to work on other OSes tha
by harshreality 6y ago
tar supports xz and even zstd now, but it's not clear those are better for all purposes than 7zip, especially since .7z is more likely to work on other OSes than .tar.compressionextension
- LinuxBender 6y agoxz is almost identical compression depending on flags used but lacks encryption. Some people use 7zip to also encrypt their files.