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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] psycrow 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Why use this over .7z? I'm legit curious.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Compatibility. Every Linux system comes with tar and gzip

[–] Zardoz 4 points 1 year ago

It's likely a combination of tradition/habit and compatibility. Tar.gz is widely supported on *nix systems, and while 7z is highly efficient, its not as widely supported and may need additional libraries or software to work on some systems,/distros

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Also, 7z does not store file permissions. Doesn't matter for a bunch of text/media files, but needed for distributing software.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Why use this over .xz? I'm legit curious.