You do on Linux as well, it’s just installed by default.
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penquin@lemm.ee 8 months agoWhat should blow your mind is that it’s 2023 and you still need a separate program to extract compressed files on windows. 😂 Good thing they’re adding native support for it in windows 11. FINALLY.
raptir@lemdro.id 8 months ago
penquin@lemm.ee 8 months ago
For my personal use, Linux has every single thing I need right out of the box. That’s why it’s my main OS.
beatle@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Your chosen GNU/Linux distribution installs the applications.
DancingIsForbidden@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Microsoft is the reason boomers have learned helplessness with tech. It helped them sell computers in the 90’s to imply you didn’t have to ever consider anything under the hood because it all just is supposed to work like magic.
DJDarren@thelemmy.club 8 months ago
That’s not an inherently bad thing though, same as it’s not inherently bad that not everyone can repair their car, or sew up tears in their trousers.
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
TBF, I personally learned helplessness with house repairs. There’s no MS and Apple there. My colleagues are not like that, for example.
ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 8 months ago
If you don’t mind me asking, what’s your distro and why did you settle on that particular one? I’m in the process of trying out different distros in anticipation of eventually moving all my stuff over and getting out of Windows completely, and that was really high praise, lol.
So if you have a moment I’d really appreciate hearing about why you picked the distro you did, because being front loaded is one of the things I’m low key looking for: I don’t know Linux well enough to know what I might need out of the box, so the more that’s already on it the better (no shortage of drive space, fortunately). If it appeals I’ll load it up on a LiveUSB and test drive it myself. Thanks!
raptir@lemdro.id 8 months ago
If you’re new, Ubuntu (or one of its variants, like Xubuntu or Kubuntu) or Linux Mint are great “safe” options. The only thing to consider with Mint is that there is only an LTS release so you will end up with older versions of some programs. I’ve been using Linux as my primary OS for 17 years but I will still throw Xubuntu on a laptop if I just want to get something up and running quickly - other than having some extra packages installed out of the box there’s nothing “wrong” with it.
That said I use openSUSE Tumbleweed as my daily driver. I like the rolling release and cutting edge packages, plus I like that YaST allows me to install the system exactly the way I want - picking and choosing individual packages.
penquin@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I don’t mind. I have two machines that run Linux and one that runs windows. Main desktop I built last month runs endeavourOS. A 13" laptop that runs Ubuntu. A 15" laptop that runs windows. I like arch because it is always on the latest software. Some people like to be on the cutting edge and others don’t. I’m the former. But I didn’t want to run vanilla arch because I’m too lazy for maintenance and building my distro from ground up. EndeavourOS is arch with an installer and extra repos. It gives you a solid distro out of the box that you don’t need to do much work on after it’s installed. It just works. Never had an issue. I just update twice or once a week and I’m good to go. I have it set up with btrfs and snapshots in case it does break.
Ubuntu on the laptop because I like Ubuntu on little machines. Every single thing works out of the box. Ubuntu is very neat. A lot of people hate on it and on snaps, but I honestly don’t care. I use what works for me. Anything Linux is good to me and they vary in how good they are. Also, Ubuntu is kind of nostalgic to me. It was the first thing I knew about Linux back in 2013.
But here is the thing, I told you what I use, but it may not work for you. That’s why I love Linux. There is a distro for everyone. You can try what I use and see if you like them, if not keep distro hopping until you settle on something you love like I did. I personally wouldn’t listen to any suggestions on here, Reddit or anywhere on what distro to use (that’s just me btw). I distro hopped for almost two years until I settled on what I have now. Hope this helps.
Wilzax@lemmy.world 8 months ago
And often, you need two! I use both gzip and tar all the time
Fades@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Same with Mac OS (FreeBSD wew), it’s such a fucking no brainer and it’s not hard to impl
pascal@lemm.ee 8 months ago
they’re adding native support for it in windows 11
What could possibly go wrong.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Not like zip is supported and Windows added (finally tbf) support for other archives.
theverge.com/…/microsoft-windows-11-rar-support-n…Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Windows’ built in unzipping tool has really messed up my system before by uncompressing files wrong in subtle ways.
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
I’m willing to bet a big part of that are all the antitrust lawsuits they got for internet explorer and windows media player back in the day and just not wanting to open that box as it comes to rarlab.
wmassingham@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Windows has had native unzip support since Microsoft Plus! 98 added it to Windows 98 in 1998.
1bluepixel@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah, it just sucks.
PeachMan@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Same for Macs. They technically support zipping and unzipping, they’re just bad at it. It’s so stupid.
WoodenBleachers@lemmy.basedcount.com 8 months ago
How so? I’ve always found finder did a good job.
duke@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I don’t recall anyone having Plus! back then.
wmassingham@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I think we did.
But it was added to base Windows in XP anyway.
Isthisreddit@lemmy.world 8 months ago
When did windows have native rar support?
d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 8 months ago
Since Win 11 23H2. It’s not out officially yet but the insider/RC builds have had it for a while now.