It is a cross-platform file and archive manager featuring volume spanning, compression, authenticated encryption it supports 7Z, 7-Zip sfx, ACE, ARJ, BZ2, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, GZ, ISO, JAR, LHA/LZH, NSIS, OOo, PAQ/LPAQ, PEA, QUAD, RAR, RPM, split, TAR, Z, ZIP.įor fun, I started it compressing a 8.4 gig folder.

Install PeaZip – it features the same interface for Windows and Linux, (BTW, there’s a portable one, too) and wow, is it MUCH better looking than Q7Z and offers secure deletion of files as well.

Option #2 – Peazip (Works on Windows AND Linux)

Install Q7Z, which offers a GUI–available as a Debian package or RPM–to the command line p7zip.

This is a command line program but I wanted something with a GUI interface.

Install p7zip on Ubuntu – sudo apt-get install p7zip -full p7zip-rar.

Two options to accomplish UbuntuLinux GUI-ness with 7zip: Since I’m mostly compressing for my own purposes and 7zip is available across all platforms, I wondered how I could take advantage of it on UbuntuLinux…but curiousity took me further.

Source: Wikipedia and FAQ – Open and extract 7z in Linux and Windows

7-Zip was the winner of the 2007 community choice awards for “Technical Design” and for “Best Project”. While I’d settled on zip as my standard compression format, I’ve been experimenting with 7zip and using that format quite a bit.ħZ is a modern, open source archive format, featuring AES encryption, native volume spanning, practically unlimited storage capacity and high compression ratio. Often, it’s just easier to “zip” them up into a single compressed file, slap a date into the filename and then forget about it until later (use Xmas break to explore the contents of old zip files). Thanksgiving Break is a great time to clean up all the million folders and files that accumulate throughout the year. Screenshot of Q7Z GUI to P7zip on UbuntuLinux

Install 7zip on mac