The compression and decompression of files is one the most useful inventions in the history of computing, but the lack of portable and open tools poses a major obstacle to making the process as useful ...

If you have any doubt about the many commands and options available on Linux systems for file compression, you might want to take a look at the output of the apropos compress command. Chances are ...

February 28, 2011 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google This is a good question, as it seems like every other file you download nowadays is in a different compression ...

B1 Archiver is one of only a few archiver managers for the Linux platform that is reliably simple to use.Simplicity is a key trait that distinguishes the B1 Archiver from other Linux compression tools ...

There are quite a few interesting things that you can do with "zip" commands other than compress and uncompress files. Here are some other zip options and how they can help. Some of us have been ...

7-Zip is a popular, powerful, and versatile file archive utility that you can use to compress or decompress files and folders. The free and open source software is something of a Swiss Army Knife ...

WinRAR has become a top software in the field of file compression and archiving, giving users dependable and practical solutions to their problems. Its Solid Archive is one of its many noteworthy ...

We often work with compressed file formats, but are not always sure how they work and which format is better. By default, we mostly use an archive file format like ZIP or RAR. These formats squeeze ...