2009/7/10 Osamu Aoki <os...@debian.org>: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:24:19AM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> KDE gives users three options to compress folders: tar, zip, and rar. >> What are the advantages or disadvantages of each? How do I know which >> one to use? > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch10.en.html#_archive_and_compression_tools >
There is no discussion of the relative merits and problems with those tools, only the fact that they exist. > tar (w/ gzip or bzip2) --> unix free > zip --> dos/windows free > rar --> windows non-free > > Please read technicals wikipedia etc. > Thank you, Osamu, but I cannot find a good comparison of the tools directed for the Linux end user. The problem is that until I wrote this question, I did nit even know which features the different systems have! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
