Posted by Brian on February 19, 2010 ·
File compression is very useful for storing or sending large files or distributing multiple files in one download package. The most popular compression format would be Zip however that is in no way the only format available.
Ubuntu supports many different archive formats natively with the Archive Manager and additional plugins and packages provide support for even more formats seamlessly with the Archive Manager. However, Windows Explorer only supports zip files and opening any other archive format [...]