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Originally Posted by Feathers McGraw
We have a similar taste of drama series! lovely!
That explains it then, I rarely have to look up subtitle files because most things are in English anyway, apart from a few scandinavian dramas like The Bridge (Bron/Broen), which I am a big fan of!
Originally Posted by Feathers McGraw
You are correct there; the only way world becomes a better place piece by piece is when we act out what we know is good.
Not a practical problem but an ideological one - it's not an open format and unrar is technically not free software.
Also, although it's not a practical problem (we can unpack it) why would you choose to use it when there are better supported (open format) alternatives with similar capabilities?
This relates to both the software we use and the way we act in "the real life"
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2017-08-18
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#73
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Originally Posted by Feathers McGraw
It depends on the target audience. If I am packaging for the small number of geeks, I use .gz. If for the rest of the world, then either .zip or .rar.
Also, although it's not a practical problem (we can unpack it) why would you choose to use it when there are better supported (open format) alternatives with similar capabilities?
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2017-08-18
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#74
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Originally Posted by pichlo
Yeah it was .zip I was thinking of. Everyone knows what a zip is and it's good enough for most jobs, I think fewer people would know what a rar is.
If for the rest of the world, then either .zip or .rar.
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2017-08-18
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#75
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Originally Posted by Feathers McGraw
I must really be in a different world than all of you now. Zip, RAR, then Tar, GZip are what's in my world now. Past tense, yeah I supported mostly Linux servers when I did IT, but that's not where I am now as an UX person.
Yeah it was .zip I was thinking of. Everyone knows what a zip is and it's good enough for most jobs, I think fewer people would know what a rar is.
I think we're all tainting what the actual public uses by our very limited exposure to what the majority uses because a lot of us don't use Windows or Macs here, whereas that's where I'm solidly grounded now.
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2017-08-18
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In my experience, .zip is more popular in Western Europe and North America, .rar in Central and Eastern Europe (not surprising given its origins).
I, living in the former but coming from the latter, am exposed to both about equally. OTOH, I have virtually no exposure to .tgz and friends except for in this small community
Not sure about Asia and RoW. Anyone here to testify?
I, living in the former but coming from the latter, am exposed to both about equally. OTOH, I have virtually no exposure to .tgz and friends except for in this small community
Not sure about Asia and RoW. Anyone here to testify?
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2017-08-18
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#77
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Originally Posted by pichlo
Yeah it's quite a linuxy/unixy thing, probably partly because a zip does everything in one step so it's "easier" whereas with tar you have to choose which compression method you want on top etc (basic tar just joins files into an archive without compression).
I have virtually no exposure to .tgz and friends except for in this small community
Zip is easier for non-technical people on the receiving end too, e.g. unzip foo.zip vs tar -xf foo.tar.gz (command is even more complicated with older versions of tar).
Interesting that use varies by country - that's one of the nice things about this forum, we've got members from all over and it's not dominated by one group e.g. 90% Americans so you tend to get a broader spectrum of opinion.
Originally Posted by gerbick
I know what you mean, but not all of us have jobs in the tech sector!
I must really be in a different world than all of you now. Zip, RAR, then Tar, GZip are what's in my world now. Past tense, yeah I supported mostly Linux servers when I did IT, but that's not where I am now as an UX person.
I think we're all tainting what the actual public uses by our very limited exposure to what the majority uses because a lot of us don't use Windows or Macs here, whereas that's where I'm solidly grounded now.
I wonder what the split is?
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2017-08-18
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#78
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Originally Posted by juiceme
Exactly. I feel people have unjustified prejudices against MEGA as cloud storage. They provide open source clients to Windows/Mac/Linux, and everything they store are strongly encrypted. And you can verify it by checking the source yourself if you want to.
From what I understand Mega is one of the best ways to store your content if you really need an external cloudservice; it is fast, scalable and encrypted. No need to bash a nice service like that
How many of the other popular cloud storage services that people use without blinking an eye can say that?
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2017-08-18
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Originally Posted by Feathers McGraw
Indeed, interesting point I didn't though before.
Not a practical problem but an ideological one - it's not an open format and unrar is technically not free software.
Thanks for the answer.
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Also, although it's not a practical problem (we can unpack it) why would you choose to use it when there are better supported (open format) alternatives with similar capabilities?