After 5 Years there's a new 7zip non-beta release

Re:After 5 Years there's a new 7zip non-beta release by DanBC on Thursday November 26, 2015 @03:12PM (#10634506)

But the scene releases are not using 7zip to create the rars, are they?

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Re:After 5 Years there's a new 7zip non-beta release by pen2l on Thursday November 26, 2015 @03:36PM (#10634591)

Among the movers and shakers in the scene, isn't there generally a predilection to use free software over non-free software? E.g. the only time I run across matroska contained movies is when it's released from the scene.

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Re:After 5 Years there's a new 7zip non-beta release by lmm on Thursday November 26, 2015 @04:30PM (#10634830)

Not really. There's a general predilection for the best software available, especially since they're unconstrained by purchase costs. Often the free program is the best, but not always.

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Re:After 5 Years there's a new 7zip non-beta release by ce4 on Thursday November 26, 2015 @04:49PM (#10634893)

"Best software" - Are you joking? Scene releases use winrar mostly for packing and splitting. Usually null-compression is used.

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