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Winrar isn't free?! What are some alternatives?

Discussion in 'Music, punk scene & subcultures' started by Corporate Deathburger, Nov 9, 2010.

  1. Corporate Deathburger

    Corporate Deathburger Experienced Member Experienced member Forum Member


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    My Winrar just popped up with a message saying that it isn't free and just a 60 day trial. Well... Fuck.

    What are other .rar and .zip file converters I can use that are free?? (but easy to use like Winrar)
     

  2. dwtcos

    dwtcos Experienced Member Experienced member Forum Member


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    just click the little red 'x' brobrah, its a lie. winrar's a free program.
     
  3. JesusCrust

    JesusCrust Experienced Member Experienced member Forum Member


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    jZip
     
  4. ungovernable

    ungovernable Autonome Staff Member Uploader Admin Team Experienced member


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    you're not forced to buy it after 60 days, it will still work, it will just pop up a window asking you to buy it.
     
  5. SecretSquirrel

    SecretSquirrel Member New Member


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    The only difference to WinRAR after the 60 days is the nag screen that delays you every time you use it.

    I prefer PeaZip. Covers most every format I throw at it including RAR for decompression, and also has a good selection of formats to compress into.

    http://peazip.sourceforge.net/
     
  6. DirtyRottenThrashPunk

    DirtyRottenThrashPunk Experienced Member Experienced member Forum Member


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    jZip is great.
     
  7. David_Dekline

    David_Dekline Active Member Uploader Forum Member


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  8. lifestain

    lifestain New Member New Member


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    7zip would be a good substitute. No pop-up, not asking you to buy it and opensource.
     
  9. KAAOS-82

    KAAOS-82 Experienced Member Uploader Experienced member Forum Member


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    i have a friend called Pirate Bay that gives me programs for free
     
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