• Zardoz@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It’s likely a combination of tradition/habit and compatibility. Tar.gz is widely supported on *nix systems, and while 7z is highly efficient, its not as widely supported and may need additional libraries or software to work on some systems,/distros

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      I believe it’s because tar.gz is more ubiquitous across unix distributions. I’ve honestly never seen a 7zip file on a unix system.