Comments on: Freeware Mission – Best Free Zip Utility

By: Keith

Keith — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:30:51 +0000

This article only uses coverage of compression types and disk image types as its rating criterion, and only by listing those which TUGZip supports; it doesn’t actually make a broad comparison. TUGZip’s freeware archive competitors also support most if not all of these formats (and some others, in the case of IZArc), so the sole item in TUGZip’s favor is that it can handle a “multiple rar archive”. I don’t agree that the ability to extract a particular archive type which most of us will likely never encounter (especially if we don’t download pirated games) is a relevant criterion for choosing which archive utility is The Best.

There are so many other rating criteria. What about features? (E.g. can it extract and create encrypted archives?) What about ease of use? How does its speed and compression rations compare?

By: Me

Me — Mon, 11 May 2009 08:25:33 +0000

Id have to agree after trying a couple out. Tugzip is the best of those listed. IZarc is far too overated and Im not sure why its always mentioned compared to all the other choices. Tugzip or 7zip is the way to go even though i think Tugzip is no longer being developed. Theres also another newbie called Bitser which seems handy for creating archived backups

By: Johnny Karp

Johnny Karp — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:27:08 +0000

@Palo
I use ZipGenius on my computer at the office because the IT department dudes didn’t find any better program… Don’t get me wrong but ZipGenius is nowhere near TugZip or IzArc or 7zip or…

By: Palo

Palo — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:03:32 +0000

ZipGenius is better, check it out : http://www.zipgenius.com/?q=node/2

By: Johnny Karp

Johnny Karp — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:38:52 +0000

@Das Fos
IZArc has been on my waiting list for some time now, I’m going to give it a try sooner or later.

By: Das Fos

Das Fos — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:52:17 +0000

TUGZip is the Second Best Free Zip Utility.
IZArc is the BEST one!
Just give it a Try.

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Bilgisayarınız İçin 72 Ücretsiz Yazılım | catlakses.com — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:24:25 +0000

[...] TUGZip – Very good free compression utility, works fine with almost any archive file format, fast and reliable. [...]

By: Johnny Karp

Johnny Karp — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:27:25 +0000

@Zub
Yes, you’re right. I don’t see what’s funny though. I downloaded and used that package just to test the various zip utility programs because some people were saying that the package can’t be extracted. That’s the whole story.

By: zub

zub — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:58:35 +0000

Funny. You use pictures of an extraction of a pirated game.

I hope your web provider is not watching

By: Johnny Karp

Johnny Karp — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:50:00 +0000

Thanks for your suggestions, I’ll give them a try soon.