7-Zip

7-Zip is open source compression software which lacks icons. This old school software is written in machine code using a calculator, so it's known to be better than everything written in the whole universe.

7zip is known for being compatible with oldest PC's. Being developed by an oldfag, it doesnt have a color logo yet.

Shitty GUI of 7zip

FACT ALERT: 7-Zip's LZMA (7z) format is slower than all its competitors.

Why not WinRAR?

7zip lacks everything WinRAR has when it comes to GUI. The icons of the files supported by 7-Zip are also designed in machine language, so they are light and fast, even though the actual compression operations are slower than most of the other competitors.

Supported Formats

7-Zip supports 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM packing and ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DONGS, DEB, FAGGOT, DMG, FAT, HFS, ISO, LZH, DICK, LZMA, LOL, MBR, MSI, CUNT, NSIS, ROFL, NTFS, RAR, HURR, RPM, DURR, SquashFS, UDF, VHD, ASS, WIM, SHIT, XAR and Z. unpacking.

Does this shit get shit done?

The main feature of 7-Zip is that 7z format has a better compression ratio (LZMA) than rars because some nerd has found a way to combine zip and rar algorithms. Ironically, 7zip has a better compression rate of zip files even better than winzip itself. Noone uses the 7z format anyway because no one has 7-Zip installed, except for some average ftp search engine users in Russia.

Reasons for using 7zip

• You are too lazy to copypaste the cracked winrar.exe on your winRAR directory.
• You are obsessed with file sizes and are willing to wait for hours to make your files 2kb less.
• You need to compress your files because you are some warez dude who likes to break all copyright rules in the world.
• You like icons that took over 9000 hours to make in MS Paint.
• You don't like using drag and drop. (lol, fai7-zip doesn't support)
• You are a communist
• You are a FAGGOT
• You were raped by 7 people who unzipped their pants when you were 7.
• You find the colorful winrar icons gay and you live with the fear of being gaybashed every minute.
• You need AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats (for avoiding FBI when necessary)
• You are able to deal with the fact that some open source alternative is actually better than the proprietary-licensed competitor software.

See also

• Hiding 7-Zip files in images

External Links

• 7-Zip Website

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