PeaZip free archiver utility is a portable, open source file and archive manager. PeaZip is cross platform and runs on 32 and 64 bit Windows (9x, 2000, XP, Vista) and Linux. It supports handling many archive and compression formats: create: 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/LPAQ, PEA, QUAD, TAR, UPX, ZIP; open: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DEB, ISO, LHA, RAR, RPM and more archive types... PeaZip allows to edit, save and restore archive's layouts; apply powerful multiple filters to archive's content; handle multiple archives at once; export job definition as command line; encrypt with AES256 etc. Other features: robust file copy, split/join files (file span), secure file deletion, compare, checksum and hash files, system benchmark, generate random passwords and keyfiles.
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Nice little archive tool.
The best archiver it knows a types of compression
My favourite compression app
Pea zip is the best archiver for linux. But the only problem it takes some effort to integrate it tightly, the way file-roller does.
7-zip has better GUI, but it hasn't got GUI for linux I think. So, sometimes is PeaZip better...
Very good support of compression types but I prefer 7zip so have gone back to that after about one week. 7zip seems quicker to me.
Excellent program though.
I've enjoyed the speed of peazip, but don't really see much of a difference between it and 7zip. Then again, they're both excellent programs, so I'd recommend either of them.
This free, non-cumbersome program has opened everything I've thrown at it. I haven't even attempted the advance stuff and am quite content.
Awesome, free, lightweight. Works with pretty much every compression right out of the box.