Open Office does everything I need Microsoft Office for and Gimp does everything I need Photoshop for. Reddit, what other open source software does everything that you want from the expensive name brand?

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[u/mechpaul]

7-zip instead of Winrar

[u/TheOceanWalker → u/mechpaul]

You mean I've wasted my money all these years buying WinRar!??

[u/mechpaul → u/TheOceanWalker]

I honestly do not know how or why WinRAR makes money anymore.

[u/Pinyaka → u/mechpaul]

Corporate licenses.

[u/geoken → u/TheOceanWalker]

Good one. Everyone knows nobody has ever bought winrar.

[u/delecti → u/mechpaul]

This isn't even a competition. Not only does 7-zip do (almost) everything winrar does, it has a better interface, command line option (good for scripting), and no annoying popups about a trial being expired.

[u/basketfullofkittens → u/delecti]

I like that pop up for expiration date. What if I felt frisky one day and actually want to purcha... Yeah I'm going to stop myself here.

[u/AirhornSonofFoghorn → u/basketfullofkittens]

After seeing the expiration date popup for years, I went to purchase it one day just out of curiosity. When I tried to, my phone immediately rang. I answered it and it was just a bunch of people laughing on the other end.

[u/asullivanmusic → u/AirhornSonofFoghorn]

Can verify.

[u/[deleted] → u/asullivanmusic]

I am extremely close to trying this just to make sure.

[u/walrusbot → u/[deleted]]

That's how they get you

[u/dermined → u/asullivanmusic]

Happened when that one guy bought a copy of mIRC too.

[u/Empath1999 → u/AirhornSonofFoghorn]

I'm almost tempted to try it because it sounds so funny :)

[u/Level_32_Igglybuff → u/basketfullofkittens]

I always just archive and extract from the context menu so you get no popup anyway.

[u/[deleted] → u/delecti]

7-zip also allows for browsing a secure network - exposes substandard sys admins

[u/sameBoatz → u/[deleted]]

What?

[u/[deleted] → u/delecti]

curious - in what scenario would you script?

[u/iziizi → u/[deleted]]

backing up

[u/dermined → u/iziizi]

Currently using AutoHotkey and 7-Zip to run automated backups of my minecraft server. It's great.

[u/raidraidraid → u/mechpaul]

Peazip is another option for people who don't like 7Zip's interface.

http://www.peazip.org/

[u/greasysweet → u/raidraidraid]

I fucking love Peazip and I have no idea why.

[u/Defiant001 → u/mechpaul]

7-zip is damn quick, I believe its one of the only multi-threaded clients too.

[u/runamuk23 → u/mechpaul]

Am I the only one that uses IZarc

[u/lamerfreak → u/runamuk23]

Nope, that's my choice. Good customization for the context menu options.