• narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Why not? I prefer it over 7-Zip because it has built-in parity both in the archive itself and as separate files. You can achieve the latter with 7-Zip using PAR, but it’s just more convenient to have it built-in for both parity creation and recovery.

    I also feel like it’s consuming a lot less RAM while compressing at similar speeds and achieving similar, if not sometimes better (RAR5), results.

    Just because it had a zero-day bug that has already been fixed doesn’t mean it’s bad software. I wouldn’t be surprised if zero-days came to light in other archival software. 7-Zip isn’t magically immune to this.

    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      I don’t get why someone would prefer rar over zip and 7z.
      Even tar.gz and all their flavors are more common.

    • Vanon@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      WinRAR also has clever password and encryption features. (Set short master password, quickly encrypt/decrypt any saved very long passwords.) Integration is great. Updates are regular. I only wish the UI would be updated a bit (more than just icon packs, dark mode).