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Other => Found it on the Webs => : FuyuKitsune December 09, 2011, 09:28:38 PM

: FreeArc
: FuyuKitsune December 09, 2011, 09:28:38 PM

http://www.freearc.org/

It's gets about the same compressions as 7zip or WinRAR, usually slightly better, but it runs a LOT faster. I was testing with various things. Pictures, PDFs, and text were nearly the same size but FreeArc took 1/4 of the time as WinRAR. EXEs took about 3/4 the time as WinRAR but compressed 25% better. Everything was either faster or smaller, it's great.

The only downside is this ugly GTK+ interface
http://i40.tinypic.com/m8jvw7.png

: Re: FreeArc
: Tsar December 10, 2011, 12:35:01 AM

Good find, I wonder how it compares with 7zip on speed though.

Also you might be able to change the GTK theme for the program, I know pidgin uses GTK+ and you can change the interface pretty easily

: Re: FreeArc
: FuyuKitsune December 12, 2011, 12:56:11 AM

: Tsar  December 10, 2011, 12:35:01 AM

Also you might be able to change the GTK theme for the program, I know pidgin uses GTK+ and you can change the interface pretty easily

The theme changers I've used only affect color, not the size of buttons, and the big buttons are what I don't like in GTK. I think I found a theme that tweaks it but I haven't tried it yet.