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Originally Posted by Ruskie_it
I was just talking about performance AND compression (which is bothers me the most, while talking about a compression software).
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I believe zopfli can do some really neat things with compression.
And anyway, there is much debate between the relative merits of the two, based AFAICT on gut feelings, it's like vim vs emacs in miniature. I simply don't care, because 7-Zip is free, and works very well.
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Well, I also use that (well actuall, the SAP version of tar, but it's the same), but that's when I work on Unix, when most of the time my hands are at the keyboard. I don't like cygwin very much on Windows instead. I "feel" it clumsy and not so well integrated. But I know it's just me. 
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Not as well integrated maybe. I still find it faster than messing around with Explorer. And having various tools I use all available at once. Granted, linux is much better. But if I have to use Windows, Cygwin makes it easier.
Possibly because I get to stick with one paradigm.
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Yeah well, the ease of use between 7-zip and Winrar are pretty much the same: all these kind of software's GUI looks alike, imho.
Of course a cli compressor might be easier - that depends on habits, however - but tar isn't in the comparison in the Windows world.
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The paid version of Winrar is I am sure less in-your-face.
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Originally Posted by pghaworth
You managed to bring me over to the dark side. I used to love winrar. Now I prefer 7-Zip. |
I don't know what you are talking about -- this is the light side!