Compression Software on Lin's Blog

WinRAR Tutorial: The Most Widely Used Compression Software

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:01:54 +0000

WinRAR is currently the compression software with the largest market share. Like 7-Zip, WinRAR supports many features. Besides basic compressing and extracting, it can split files into parts, recover data, encrypt data, and more. WinRAR can also create self-extracting archives, which can be opened without installing an extraction program, so they’re very convenient. The only catch is that WinRAR is commercial software. You can only use the trial for 40 days, and after that you have to pay.

Stop Paying for WinRAR: Enjoy Free Compression with 7-Zip (Full Tutorial)

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:56:34 +0000

Still paying for the expensive WinRAR? Don't be silly! 7-Zip is your best choice. 7-Zip is a compression and decompression program that supports its own distinctive 7z archive format. On top of that, it also supports the various formats WinRAR supports. And best of all, 7-Zip is free! 7-Zip also supports Traditional Chinese, so you don't need to worry about not understanding English.

Software Info

Software name: 7-Zip
Official website: http://www.7-zip.org/
Download: Xun6 | 4Shared | Box.net | Official download
Virus scan report: VirusTotal
MD5 hash: e4a15d6d60c5611156e20666d2a760fd

7-Zip Theme Manager 1.1: Give Your 7-Zip a New Skin

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:56:03 +0000

Anyone who uses 7-Zip has probably wondered whether 7-Zip could change its skin the way Firefox and other programs do, because seeing the same look every day gets really boring~~ Today’s program, 7-Zip Theme Manager 1.1, can change 7-Zip’s look. It has many built-in themes, but the program itself is in English, so some people may not like that…………… I’ll make a Chinese version one of these days!

Program Info

Official website: http://www.7ztm.de.vu/
File size: 5.85MB
Download: Xun6 | 4Shared | Box.net | Official mirror
Virus scan report: VirusTotal
MD5 hash: 3ac366604273cdd96e1c13efe16b4780