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[–] psycrow@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] TauZero@mander.xyz 1 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.

[–] glibg10b@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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