What is /g/'s preferred compression software?

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2016-05-18 18:19:17 Post No. 54619881
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Anonymous 2016-05-18 18:19:17 Post No. 54619881 [Report]

What is /g/'s preferred compression software?

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Anonymous 2016-05-18 18:20:18 Post No.54619901
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Anonymous 2016-05-18 18:20:18 Post No.54619901 [Report]

>>54619881
zip/tar in command line,
BOMArchiveHelper.app (osx's embedded archiver)

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Anonymous 2016-05-18 18:21:56 Post No.54619942
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Anonymous 2016-05-18 18:21:56 Post No.54619942 [Report]

I just use the built in windows tool because I'm not a massive faggot.
If I download a rar, I use 7zip.

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Anonymous 2016-05-18 18:22:25 Post No.54619950
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Anonymous 2016-05-18 18:22:25 Post No.54619950 [Report]

I bought Winrar

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Anonymous 2016-05-18 18:33:00 Post No.54620249
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Anonymous 2016-05-18 18:33:00 Post No.54620249 [Report]

>>54619881
based peazip.

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Anonymous 2016-05-18 18:35:11 Post No.54620297
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Anonymous 2016-05-18 18:35:11 Post No.54620297 [Report]

Deflate/gzip works pretty well. Pretty fast too.

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Anonymous 2016-05-18 18:38:30 Post No.54620394
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Anonymous 2016-05-18 18:38:30 Post No.54620394 [Report]

>>54619881
7zip
Anything else is normie tier bloatware

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Anonymous 2016-05-18 18:43:24 Post No.54620509
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Anonymous 2016-05-18 18:43:24 Post No.54620509 [Report]

$ 7z

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Anonymous 2016-05-18 18:49:36 Post No.54620688
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Anonymous 2016-05-18 18:49:36 Post No.54620688 [Report]

>>54619881
WinZip 20.5 pro

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Anonymous 2016-05-18 18:52:37 Post No.54620768
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Anonymous 2016-05-18 18:52:37 Post No.54620768 [Report]

>>54620394
/thread

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Anonymous 2016-05-18 19:02:08 Post No.54620979
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>>54619950
>I bought Winrar

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Anonymous 2016-05-18 19:35:18 Post No.54621571
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>>54619950
>>54620979

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Anonymous 2016-05-18 19:57:50 Post No.54622001
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Anonymous 2016-05-18 19:57:50 Post No.54622001 [Report]

>>54620297
>>54619901
Isn't xz more efficient?

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Anonymous 2016-05-18 20:06:36 Post No.54622152
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Anonymous 2016-05-18 20:06:36 Post No.54622152 [Report]

>>54622001
1. not everyone could open it
2. the efficency delta isn't that big

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Anonymous 2016-05-18 20:09:59 Post No.54622201
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Anonymous 2016-05-18 20:09:59 Post No.54622201 [Report]

tar.lzma

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Anonymous 2016-05-18 20:41:56 Post No.54622692
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Anonymous 2016-05-18 20:41:56 Post No.54622692 [Report]

>>54622152
Yeah, but for personal compression it's worth it.

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Anonymous 2016-05-18 20:47:20 Post No.54622751
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Anonymous 2016-05-18 20:47:20 Post No.54622751 [Report]

>>54619881
Bandizip Master Race

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Anonymous 2016-05-18 20:48:16 Post No.54622767
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Anonymous 2016-05-18 20:48:16 Post No.54622767 [Report]

tar/zip/unrar on the Linux command line.

WinRAR on Windows.

Whatever bullshit I found on the App Store for OS X.

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Anonymous 2016-05-18 21:10:14 Post No.54623147
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Anonymous 2016-05-18 21:10:14 Post No.54623147 [Report]

>7z

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Anonymous 2016-05-18 21:11:06 Post No.54623166
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Anonymous 2016-05-18 21:11:06 Post No.54623166 [Report]

tar for archiving

xz for compression

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Anonymous 2016-05-18 21:31:57 Post No.54623566
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Anonymous 2016-05-18 21:31:57 Post No.54623566 [Report]

is xz, then why most people use gz