What is the difference between .tar.gz and .zipx?
- Extension
- .tar.gz
- .zipx
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- The GNU Project
- PKWARE, Inc.
- Description
- It's a TAR archive file compressed using GNU zip compression codec. Mainly used by Linux OS to package programs, files, and installers.
- WinZip, starting with version 12.1, uses the extension .zipx for ZIP files that use compression methods newer than DEFLATE; specifically, methods BZip, LZMA, PPMd, Jpeg and Wavpack. The last 2 are applied to appropriate file types when "Best method" compression is selected.
- MIME Type
- application/gzip
- application/zip
- Sample
- sample.tar.gz
- Wikipedia
- .tar.gz on Wikipedia
- .zipx on Wikipedia