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minus-squareMangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 hours agoOn a somewhat related note, why do so many open source projects give me a zip file with a single exe inside it instead of just the exe directly?
minus-squareTJA!@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 hours agoBecause zipping it can reduce the size
minus-squareMangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 hours agoEXE files don’t really compress well, plus the files should already be internally compressed when the exe is built.
minus-squareFiveMacs@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 hours agoPlus a lot of antivirus whatevers will straight up block the downloading of *.exe
On a somewhat related note, why do so many open source projects give me a zip file with a single exe inside it instead of just the exe directly?
Because zipping it can reduce the size
EXE files don’t really compress well, plus the files should already be internally compressed when the exe is built.
Plus a lot of antivirus whatevers will straight up block the downloading of *.exe