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Windows 11 adds native support for RAR, 7-Zip, Tar and other archive formats thanks to open-source library::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

not really scalable when you want to just stick the usb stick in a family member's PC. They dont want you fucking around with WSL, or they probably run home edition which has no hyper-v for WSL

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then use NTFS or FAT, problem solved!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes reformat my already working keys for the one time I have to plug into a Windows box, or you know Microsoft could put the effort into being compatible.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They did. But you always have something to complain about. Grow up.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

of course! You're right! Suggesting in a thread discussing a large corporation that wants to be seen as pro open source (hearting Linux, buying github) for the last decade does something with open source code in their OS and being bold enough to do even more in the name of native compatibility is childish!