Willy@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months 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-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down17
arrow-up1225arrow-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 · 6 months agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squarequicksandlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 months agoIn that case, which file type would you recommend?
minus-squareaard@kyu.delinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·6 months 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-squarequicksandlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months 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
In that case, which file type would you recommend?
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