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Windows 11 adds native support for RAR, 7-Zip, Tar and other archive formats thanks to open-source library (www.techspot.com)
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Windows 11 adds native support for RAR, 7-Zip, Tar and other archive formats thanks to open-source library::undefined

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[–] RoyaltyInTraining 5 points 1 year ago

7z files can be browsed without decompressing the contents, and tar.xyz archives preserve file system attributes like ownership. They have totally different use cases.

If I want to back up a directory on my drive, I would use tar.xz. But if I want to send some documents to other people, I would use 7z.