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I use windows, so .zip. Maybe on rare occasion .7z if I really want better compression. .tar.xz files are a gross pain on windows and I’m always annoyed when p
by forrestthewoods 4y ago
I use windows, so .zip. Maybe on rare occasion .7z if I really want better compression.
.tar.xz files are a gross pain on windows and I’m always annoyed when people use them.
- Affric 4y agoWhy are they a pain?
- auscompgeek 4y agoHow are tarballs any more of a pain than .7z?
- kasabali 4y agoI'll have a guess: because 7-zip gui doesn't decompress tar.gz files in a single step (ie. first you extract the tar, then you extract it again)
- forrestthewoods 4y agoIIRC 7zip actually does it in one step. But many tools such as WinZip do not. I forget the exact behavior of built-in, WinZip, and WinRar.