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What kind of compression format do you like using?
LIKE using, not "what do you think is best".
ZIP
 
 21.7% of users, 15 votes (28.3%)
RAR
 
 44.9% of users, 31 votes (58.5%)
7z
 
 20.3% of users, 14 votes (26.4%)
gzip
 
 4.3% of users, 3 votes (5.7%)
I am a xenophobe/idiot and I use LZH
 
 1.4% of users, 1 vote (1.9%)
Other
 
 7.2% of users, 5 votes (9.4%)
Multi-voting is enabled. 53 users have voted.

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Posted on 02-26-08 04:38:35 PM Link | Quote
Rar's. Mostly. But sometimes zip, because some idiots refuse to install Winrar etc.

Referring to my school, where they "forgot" to install 7zip, whereas older computers have it
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Posted on 02-26-08 05:03:03 PM Link | Quote
The only time I use zip is when downloading files that are compressed with it, which is hardly ever.

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Posted on 02-26-08 05:49:32 PM Link | Quote
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RAR, mostly since WinRAR just has that right-click context menu

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Posted on 02-26-08 05:57:35 PM Link | Quote
RAR/ZIP most of the time. 7z when I really really want it small with ultra compression.
(Stupid school lab work over dial-up.)

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Posted on 02-26-08 06:14:59 PM Link | Quote
When I compress things, I always use RAR. On a lot of places I go to, people don't seem to know how to uncompress less common formats (hell, sometimes you get someone who doesn't know what rar is), so I avoid using anything more obscure.

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Posted on 02-26-08 07:03:06 PM Link | Quote
Depends what it's used for. I like source code in .tar.gz or .tar.bz2 so if it has a bunch of scripts, they stay executable. I usually compress stuff with .zip because it's what everyone has. If I want heavy compression, i use 7zip because rar is proprietary. I only have it installed to extract rars I find. I use file-roller when im not using the command line tools.
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Posted on 02-26-08 07:20:46 PM Link | Quote

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RAR, if only for the fact that it's universally "accepted", and decent to boot.

7z if I so feel like it though

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Posted on 02-26-08 07:34:54 PM Link | Quote
RAR, usually.

ZIP for already tiny files that I just want to bundle into an archive, though...

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Posted on 02-26-08 08:57:46 PM Link | Quote
RAR and by far... Even though I sometimes use ZIP or TAR.GZ, I like RAR the best, it's faster than other compressions.

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Posted on 02-26-08 09:01:10 PM Link | Quote
7z, because I'm not a big fan of rar.

Of course, it's no good at compressing already-compressed files. The only already-compressed files I can think of would be PNG, and pngout gets them smallest most of the time. I checked. (Goodbye pngcrush, optipng and advpng.)

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Posted on 02-26-08 09:20:45 PM Link | Quote

ZIP whenever possible. I have WinRAR and don't really mind RARs, as for the other types I have no idea (except for LZH, yay LZH!) and would prefer not to have to use them, even if they are "technically" superior.

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Posted on 02-26-08 09:42:52 PM Link | Quote
RAR, because winRAR is free and doesn't take up a lot of space. Plus it easier just to right click an item and say "add to archive." Nice simple output of .RARs.

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Posted on 02-26-08 10:30:55 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Mid-Boss
- Or add files to existing archives
Wait, I can do this with .7z ...

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Posted on 02-27-08 09:03:35 PM Link | Quote
I like .RAR. Really intuitive, and allows for more exploration.
Besides, thats the sound I make when I see flamboyant amounts of idiocy on the interwebs: "Rar!"
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*cough*

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Posted on 02-27-08 10:18:36 PM Link | Quote

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.Rar. Kicks the teeth out of ye olde ZIP.

I have tried 7zip and KGB but

1. 7zip's program sucks
and
2. KGB crashes and gives up and dies

So, yeah.

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Posted on 02-28-08 05:54:27 AM Link | Quote
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7zip for storage (am I the only one who doesn't have problems with this?), zip for distribution.

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Posted on 02-28-08 06:35:00 AM Link | Quote
UNIX i use gzip
Windows, i use ZIP because sending to ZIP file is easier than selecting options for raring; plus, i have a class of average computers who some of which do not know computers can be customized outside of what is in their OS
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Posted on 02-28-08 06:42:32 AM Link | Quote
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Posted on 02-28-08 07:30:44 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Shadic
Originally posted by neotransotaku
class of average computers who some of which do not know computers can be customized outside of what is in their OS

So educate the morons.

Not to be stereotypical, but how do you educate a lot of biology majors?
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Posted on 02-28-08 07:36:55 AM Link | Quote
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