It’s fascinating to me that people prefer shitty nagware over 7-zip only because they think they’re “getting one over” by not paying for inferior software and/or feel nostalgic for it.
For a good while, the UI in 7-Zip was so atrocious merely extracting an existing archive was not obvious. It definitely improved over that.
I’d argue that even today, WinRAR UI is more intuitive than 7-Zip, but it is largely irrelevant since both have decent integration with windows file explorer anyway, which was also something 7-Zip lacked for a while.
I feel nostalgic for WinRAR and I don’t need or want the fucking bag. Fucking.rar was the first file extension I remember learning at like 6yo that wasn’t something dumb like .txt .jpg .doc .ppt .exe
Oh, I’ll have to try that, it looks nice. I tried PeaZip because the 7zip UI didn’t sit with me well initially; I’ve gotten used to it since then but I like the way NanaZip looks from the screenshots; I’ll try it!
Edit: Wait – Is this a WINDOWS-Only package? Eww… nevermind.
Even when I do use windows packages, I always try to use ones that are Linux supported as well; so when I do finally make the full-time switch, the transition will be easier. But I find I always just do tar -xvf or unzip in a command line over there anyhow >_>
7-zip.
It’s fascinating to me that people prefer shitty nagware over 7-zip only because they think they’re “getting one over” by not paying for inferior software and/or feel nostalgic for it.
I bought it because 7-zip was shit back then so yeah ill stick with WinRar
Back when?
For a good while, the UI in 7-Zip was so atrocious merely extracting an existing archive was not obvious. It definitely improved over that.
I’d argue that even today, WinRAR UI is more intuitive than 7-Zip, but it is largely irrelevant since both have decent integration with windows file explorer anyway, which was also something 7-Zip lacked for a while.
Probably 10-15 years ago or something
I feel nostalgic for WinRAR and I don’t need or want the fucking bag. Fucking.rar was the first file extension I remember learning at like 6yo that wasn’t something dumb like .txt .jpg .doc .ppt .exe
Does 7-zip have a bag though?
If it did I might consider buying it.
NanaZip
Oh, I’ll have to try that, it looks nice. I tried PeaZip because the 7zip UI didn’t sit with me well initially; I’ve gotten used to it since then but I like the way NanaZip looks from the screenshots; I’ll try it!
Edit: Wait – Is this a WINDOWS-Only package? Eww… nevermind.
Yep Windows only. Just trying to give those users better tools until they finally get the idea to switch to Linux
Even when I do use windows packages, I always try to use ones that are Linux supported as well; so when I do finally make the full-time switch, the transition will be easier. But I find I always just do tar -xvf or unzip in a command line over there anyhow >_>
That’s fair. I just right click and pick extract on Mint
Didn’t 7-zip have a vulnerability a while back?
The one that was patched back in September? Yes
Relevant link: https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/02/7-zip-0-day-was-exploited-in-russias-ongoing-invasion-of-ukraine/
Yeah, WinRAR averages about 3 per year.
All software stacks are going to be vulnerable in some way or another. We don’t have a way to create perfect software just yet.
The perfect software doesn’t exist. That is to say, if you need something big free, use nothing.
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