What is the difference between .rpm and .swm?
- Extension
- .rpm
- .swm
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Disk Image
- Developer
- Red Hat
- Microsoft
- Description
- The RPM file format, associated with the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM), is a package management system primarily used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and its derivatives like Fedora and CentOS. An RPM file is essentially a container for software or data that allows for easy installation, upgrading, and removal of software on a Linux system. It encapsulates compiled software, metadata about the package such as its version, architecture, and dependencies, and configuration files necessary for the software to run correctly.
- The SWM file format, or Split Windows Imaging Format File, is a type of disk image file used by Microsoft Windows for system deployment, backup, and recovery purposes. It is essentially a variation of the WIM (Windows Imaging Format) file, but with a key difference: it is split into multiple smaller files, rather than being a single large file. This splitting feature makes SWM files particularly useful for distributing a large system image across multiple storage media, such as DVDs or USB drives.
- MIME Type
- application/x-redhat-package-manager
- image/x-swm
- Wikipedia
- .rpm on Wikipedia
- .swm on Wikipedia