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Old 04-14-2007, 01:35 PM
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Default Using 7 Zip

I dont know how much this will apply to, but it would work for everthing Non-CVS related. Pretty sure most of you have heard of 7zip, but I dont see anyone using it here. Anyhow, here is some quick numbers for it incase you guys might be interested in it.


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            Zip File                       7 Zip File
= EqEmu 992 -  1.45 MB                        759kb
= Map Pack   -  336.5 MB                      248.3 MB
= New & Old
= MiniLogin  -  138kb                          101kb
The smaller the amount, the less difference, but witht the Map difference alone, it would trim quite a little bit of the download time for people with a little slower connections. Overall just for the stuff here on this site, your looking at a saving of almost 100MB.

Anyhow, im just ranting on about this, but I Still cant belive how good the compression is on 7zip, to be open-source and free. Just goes to show you the best things in life are free....... /end rant
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