ranasrule Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 mine is .rar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbrello Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 .rar wins. RAWR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoapyHamHocks Member Posted March 15, 2006 Member Share Posted March 15, 2006 Another vote for .rar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavo Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 tar is not a compression format it is an archiving tool. gzip is probably what you're thinking of. Gzip and tar are used together very often to make compressed archives, .tar.gz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranasrule Posted March 16, 2006 Author Share Posted March 16, 2006 tar is not a compression format it is an archiving tool. gzip is probably what you're thinking of. Gzip and tar are used together very often to make compressed archives, .tar.gz ok cool....i dont use linux much ...i think these formats are more common in linux land Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavo Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Yes, tar and gz started out in unix, but most windows archiving programs can handle them. I choose zip, simply because it is everywhere and it's been around for a long time. The space saved by .rar just doesn't matter with today's bandwidth and disk sizes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranasrule Posted March 16, 2006 Author Share Posted March 16, 2006 I choose zip, simply because it is everywhere and it's been around for a long time. The space saved by .rar just doesn't matter with today's bandwidth and disk sizes. good point but i think rar is just as universally supported as zip isnt it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjordan2001 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 tar is not a compression format it is an archiving tool. gzip is probably what you're thinking of. Gzip and tar are used together very often to make compressed archives, .tar.gz Or it can also be a .tgz for short. tar can also be compressed with bzip2 to make a .tar.bz2 or .tbz2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 I personally use 7z :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driph Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 i always choose .rar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan420 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 rar (winrar4lyfe haha) it is just become a standard IMo over zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Hurtley Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 7zip or WinRAR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjagowoowoo Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 7zip for best compression, zip for compatiblity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE BAT Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Sure .rar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdb815 Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 I personally use 7z :yes: Me too. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightequalsd Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 I use rar personally on best compression which often is really good but its nice when big files I download are compressed with UHARC, thats brilliant compression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxster17 Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 I use .rar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illicit Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Another vote for .rar (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis.A Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 I use rar personally on best compression which often is really good but its nice when big files I download are compressed with UHARC, thats brilliant compression. My thoughts exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.r.l. Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 .tar.bz2 for size .tar.gz for speed .rar for windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyarecomingforyou Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 .rar - Plain, simple, effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Floyd Veteran Posted March 21, 2006 Veteran Share Posted March 21, 2006 7z. Smaller is better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 7z > rar > zip IMHO. I end up using tugzip as it takes care of all three (compress + decompress) :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l0g0ut Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 i always compress in .zip format since i usually need to send files people who knows little about computers. zip is nice since you can open it without third party software in windows xp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuu Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 7z can be awesome, but i enjoy .rar files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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