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submitted 1 year ago by Lolors17@feddit.de to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] Semmelstulle@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do NOT understand how zip is still the default. I use .tgz wherever I can.

[–] CreativeTensors@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Compatibility with literally anything under the sun that can decompress a compressed file.

[–] 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.

[–] trex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Spotted the Linux user

[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

yourfiles.tar.xz

[–] Gentoo1337@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Reminds me of the "grandma .zip" meme

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yay this is now a URL. If your intention was not to post a URL to some random website not loading anything but javadscript, put a space inside

"Example .com"

[–] 14specks@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Fuck Google