7-Zip

by on Aug 26, 2005 | 0 comments

For those who are tired of reading WinZip’s shareware message on every start of the program or wish for significantly better file compression, a free and open-source alternative to WinZip exists. It is called 7-zip and can be obtained at http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sevenzip/7z426.exe?download.
7-zip allows for the manipulation and creation of ZIP, RAR, TAR, and BZ files, among many others, including its own format, 7Z. The 7Z format boasts a significantly better compression ratio than that of WinZip, and best of all, 7-zip is free. Give it a try!

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