http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/19644/
[639 votes] Solution #1: Prompt for installation of the appropriate compression program


[40 votes] Solution #2: Auto install .7z only


[97 votes] Solution #3: Install unrar-free by default


[251 votes] Solution #4: 7-zip in the default install


[-30 votes] Solution #5: PeaZip Archiver Program


]]> en-us Tue, 05 May 2009 14:16:00 +0000 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:01:18 +0000 QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/19644/
The less times we send the user to the CLI or even Synaptic, the better.]]> Tue, 05 May 2009 18:19:54 +0000
Generally I like the idea about a suggested package which can read currently unreadable file types - this is great about free software: there is nearly for everything anything - problem is you just don't know it and this kinda solution may lead you to the wanted software.]]> Tue, 05 May 2009 22:36:16 +0000 Also, it should be able to detect the version of RAR format, because unrar-free can't open most recent RAR format archives (maybe 7zip can ?).]]> Mon, 11 May 2009 15:07:31 +0000 Wed, 13 May 2009 12:04:32 +0000 Sat, 16 May 2009 13:31:58 +0000
To not install the rar compressor because rar is not free OK, bu to not install the rar decompressor is ridiculous and will not change anything (except that people are angry to not be able to decompress rar files !)]]> Sat, 16 May 2009 23:13:14 +0000 Mon, 18 May 2009 02:29:51 +0000
If the decompression program is installed > it decompresses
If the compression program is installed > it compresses

So get this right. You didn't looked at the current state of the archiving tools in ubuntu.. Hmm..]]> Tue, 19 May 2009 08:02:20 +0000
sometimes rewriting code from scratch is not a solution, it cost too much.

and treating open source software as closed source software is a nonsense.

the cost in time and money to add your fantazipformat ( .AUZY ) to the archive manager is way less than to implement a new archive plugin framework + application that handle them.

Just be rationale and think how many compression format will born from now to, let say, 2020? :D]]> Tue, 19 May 2009 15:56:54 +0000
Because there is nothing like a modular archive manager as you suggested, it should be coded from scratch and that is hardly the best solution.

Implementing modularity in the existent archive manager likely will require a lot of refactoring which isn't needed if you just want to add the support for a new archive format.

I agree that some software needs to be developed with modularity in mind ( audio players, image manipulation ), but for the most of them modularity is over-engineering.
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Windows has exceptional hardware support because hardware manufacturers write drivers for Windows platform only :)

Microsoft don't develop any drivers, instead Linux Community is forced to develop its own drivers ( almost always with reverse engineering because manufacturers do not want to handle the hardware specifics ).

This is the real difference in hardware support.]]> Thu, 21 May 2009 12:26:45 +0000