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   Diti (diti@dook.business)'s status on Thursday, 09-Mar-2023 18:50:50 JST Diti

   I took me several years to notice it Today I learned: the official 7-Zip binary on #Linux is called `7zz` – the `p7zip` binary has been unmaintained for over a decade.

   I don’t know what the best 7-Zip GUI is, though.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 09-Mar-2023 18:50:39 JST clacke

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     • davidak
     @davidak @diti It's for if you come across an actual .7z archive.
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     davidak@chaos.social's status on Thursday, 09-Mar-2023 18:50:41 JST davidak

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     @diti but why would anyone need 7-Zip on linux? i used it on windows and macos to extract rar and other archives they don't support, but most linux desktop file managers support all popular formats. for rar, there is unrar, but i haven't used it in like 10 years

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     davidak@chaos.social's status on Thursday, 09-Mar-2023 18:52:53 JST davidak

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     • clacke

     @clacke Pantheon Files can compress and extract 7z files (actually Archive Manager from GNOME does the work)

     https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/FileRoller

     @diti you are right that it does not offer compression level settings. other GUIs might have them

     there is an open issue for that https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/-/issues/89

     there is ark from kde as an example that have this setting. maybe that's for you? https://apps.kde.org/ark/

     not sure if 7-Zip still has the best compression. there are some very performant new ones

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