Nature of my work forces me to work with linux, mac and Windows. I usually use 7zip as an archive manager. I gotta say Peazip caught my eyes as an alternative, as I miss the GUI for 7zip in both mac and Linux.
If I remember it right. Peazip has password & key file encryption methods. You can choose one or combine both together when compress (and decompress) archive. Which will made your data a lot harder to brute-force decryption.
This is great for integrating more Windows users. They could use it there and eventually switch to Linux with less effort because what they use on one is on the other. I'll have to recommend it to newbies. My method is to use less to browse contents if I need to see what's in them before decompressing, then to tar -vxf archive. The version of less I use can recognize many archive formats and does all the necessary work to list for me. So I can do `less archive.{zip,tar.{gz,bz2,xz,*},7z}` and probably more that I never encounter, and tar handles -vxf without needing the switch to determine format.
My favorite archive manage is BSDTAR. For a gui file-roller and peazip do the job well enough, I used bsdtar and zstd's cli tool (separately) to turn a 16GB directory of family photos into a 9GB tar! Also, BSDTAR is only one letter away from being an anagram for bastard, which is the coolest detail I noticed while writing this comment
I like Peazip but it is kinda slow compared to 7zip in my experience. For some reason Peazip takes a couple of seconds to open even the smallest files but 7zip does it instantly.
I have not used Peazip (yet). But by the looks of it, it's kind of like the VLC of archiving XD. I'll definitely give this a download. Thanks for making this video!
Nice. What about a download manager? I use IDM on windows and I can't find an alternative for linux. I've tried XDM, but ... if a download stops, it is impossible to resume it in XDM, I have to start over. I can't find anything that can compete with IDM.
Have you tried `wget -c`? I've had files stall and fail with browsers and just paste the URL on the terminal and wget -c works to finish it. If you want a GUI app, you're probably out of luck unless you write it yourself.
I installed the 9.5 QT5 version of debian package in Kubuntu 23.10 and many of the compression modes give errors. I'm not sure, but was the portable version that had all the extra libraries? Most of the PAQ compression modes didn't work, atleast one mode in 7zip.
Hey DT, i am curious to know if you plan on doing the File Manager tier list as those series are just amazing and everytime i watched those, i always learned tons of stuff.
Me too. I use Ark in my GUI filemanager, as it is integrated into it. And whenever I need commandline or scripting, 7z is there to help me out. Also sometimes Ark does not support some formats or files, where 7z again is the hero to save the day. But I can see Peazip being useful for other formats.
I had a dream Richard Stallman knocked on my door riding a Mormon bike trying to convert me to Linux and I told him I run Arch Linux BTW. Then he kept trying to get me to call it GNU "slash" Linux and was upset because I refused to. I'm glad I woke up before he started eating his own foot.
@@davidgomez79 I use GuhNoo that happens to maybe possibly might have a Linux kernel under it, but to hell with it that's the easy stuff, the coreutils is where it's a YEAH GUHNOO BABY
I have been using PeaZip portable for years and I recommend it highly. I can open anything I need without installing anything.
Nature of my work forces me to work with linux, mac and Windows. I usually use 7zip as an archive manager. I gotta say Peazip caught my eyes as an alternative, as I miss the GUI for 7zip in both mac and Linux.
It's a shame 7zip doesn't have a GUI frontend in Linux. At least we have PeaZip!
There is p7zip
I think it does but it now only comes as a Snap package
@@ProverbialGeek @Mr Sansiverius there is a Package for 7zip with gui! it is called: p7zip-gui (Aviable in the AUR)
@@Error_00101 this gui is very buggy tho. And not the original 7-zip anyway.
Isn't peazip a fork of of 7zip? Or have I been misinformed
If I remember it right. Peazip has password & key file encryption methods. You can choose one or combine both together when compress (and decompress) archive. Which will made your data a lot harder to brute-force decryption.
Thank you. I was having problems with .zip .z01 .z02 (and so on) files. Peazip did them with ease.
Thanks, DT. I didn't know about PeaZip but this looks very handy 👍😀
This is great for integrating more Windows users. They could use it there and eventually switch to Linux with less effort because what they use on one is on the other. I'll have to recommend it to newbies. My method is to use less to browse contents if I need to see what's in them before decompressing, then to tar -vxf archive. The version of less I use can recognize many archive formats and does all the necessary work to list for me. So I can do `less archive.{zip,tar.{gz,bz2,xz,*},7z}` and probably more that I never encounter, and tar handles -vxf without needing the switch to determine format.
Nice it also has a CLI options.
My favorite archive manage is BSDTAR. For a gui file-roller and peazip do the job well enough, I used bsdtar and zstd's cli tool (separately) to turn a 16GB directory of family photos into a 9GB tar! Also, BSDTAR is only one letter away from being an anagram for bastard, which is the coolest detail I noticed while writing this comment
As always writing a comment to support the channel
Saved me right there, was about to buy WinRAR my 40 day trial has expired :)
I don't know anyone at all who ever actually BOUGHT WinRar or WinZip-- we just always used them and clicked thru the nag screen!
Best kind of Answer......
Q: What's the best software for (insert category here)
A: YES
I’m impressed. I’ve installed it on all my platforms.
I like Peazip but it is kinda slow compared to 7zip in my experience.
For some reason Peazip takes a couple of seconds to open even the smallest files but 7zip does it instantly.
I have not used Peazip (yet). But by the looks of it, it's kind of like the VLC of archiving XD. I'll definitely give this a download. Thanks for making this video!
Nice. What about a download manager? I use IDM on windows and I can't find an alternative for linux. I've tried XDM, but ... if a download stops, it is impossible to resume it in XDM, I have to start over. I can't find anything that can compete with IDM.
Wget,aria2c,axel,gdown,ytdlp ...
Have you tried `wget -c`? I've had files stall and fail with browsers and just paste the URL on the terminal and wget -c works to finish it. If you want a GUI app, you're probably out of luck unless you write it yourself.
Jdownloader?
I use aria2
Uget
Thank you for exposing me to another archive program.
how many do you need?????
Neat little tool 💪😌But for me 7Zip is my nostalgia-king 😅
Peazip is also available as a flatpak.
You can add it in thunar as a custom action peazip $f and match it to all folders, as a way to open in it in the current folder and save yourself time
I installed the 9.5 QT5 version of debian package in Kubuntu 23.10 and many of the compression modes give errors. I'm not sure, but was the portable version that had all the extra libraries? Most of the PAQ compression modes didn't work, atleast one mode in 7zip.
I haven't heard anyone mention P Zip in a Decade. I've still got a Bunch of Portable Zippers from back when the Dinosaurs walked Earth.
I have a portable version of Netscape navigator on my main USB, don't go anywhere without it!
Hey DT, i am curious to know if you plan on doing the File Manager tier list as those series are just amazing and everytime i watched those, i always learned tons of stuff.
For me the best is Dolphin of KDE Plasma
Someone let's get this into the Nix Repository. Would if I knew anything about doing so
Finally found an archive manager with gui that works on mac os and is free.
Last time I tried PeaZip didn't support drag and drop, kill feature for me.
Yeah I tried it on mint and was disappointed that didn't work.
You can disable transparent drop-down menus in your picom.conf! I think it is a matter of removing two lines at the end of the files.
He doesn't want to remove it. He only did it for the video.
@@allenellsworth5799 Did I say he does?
@@xmvziron Why would he change his config just for the video?
Nice, but I will continue to use xarchiver anyway. It's less bloated
Can you drag the tabs to open them in another window?
i really needed one , and this is it.. i am removing xarchiver and installing it
I really like peazip but been using ark mostly.
Me too. I use Ark in my GUI filemanager, as it is integrated into it. And whenever I need commandline or scripting, 7z is there to help me out. Also sometimes Ark does not support some formats or files, where 7z again is the hero to save the day.
But I can see Peazip being useful for other formats.
Why would you use a GUI when you could use the terminal as you do for anything else. You forgot to talk about that in the video.
Thanks for the great vid DT.
can this deal with .rar? I have to spin up windows just to deal with large rar archives!!
Hey DT how to set qt theme in a wm ? Is there any program like lxappearance for qt?
Peazip is bloat. 7z in the commandline is all I need. 🙂
a favorite of mine.
I tried PeaZip on Windows a year ago. It was buggy as hell and led to dataloss when it created unreadable archives. No, 7zip is enough.
This is slick!!
Let's be real, 7zip is the goat. Peazip is just a gui for 7zip. I'm not complaining tho
I read recently that peazip forked 7zip to address security concerns with the rather dated aspects of the z7fm app
thanks for the tool
engrampa is pretty neat
Good video.
give Hyperland a try boss
pzip is the best . paq 8 is the best :)
Used it a while on Windows I use ark now
First!!!! Finally!!!
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Confirmed!
@@DistroTube Greetings From Singapore :)
I know it's not really a big deal, but you should rename the title to list gnu/linux first, then windows and mac.
I had a dream Richard Stallman knocked on my door riding a Mormon bike trying to convert me to Linux and I told him I run Arch Linux BTW. Then he kept trying to get me to call it GNU "slash" Linux and was upset because I refused to. I'm glad I woke up before he started eating his own foot.
You should try lucid dreaming, so if he ever pops up again you could take a CD and snap it into shards and take him out with the pieces.
@@anon_y_mousse 😆
"I use Arch GNU with Linux added btw"
@@wreedb just doesn't have the same ring to it as "I use Arch BTW though"
@@davidgomez79 I use GuhNoo that happens to maybe possibly might have a Linux kernel under it, but to hell with it that's the easy stuff, the coreutils is where it's a YEAH GUHNOO BABY
😅 👍👌
Why don't we just use a proper file manager and have it as archive manager instead? Nautilus works just fine.
nauti don't support 7z format
@@sairos4057 it does somewhere because it works on my machine
GUI frontend = bloat
who cares about all this GUI stuff? Bye 🙂... user left subscription
second lol
too bad that it uses the horrible lazarus framework. and as with every lazarus tool it's kind of slow and with lazarus it has a 1.5GB dependency.
first
it looks just like windows explorer 🤢
I thought of that too, it always makes me think about how much different that kind of look and feel is from what I use nowadays, it's so tacky