7-Zip is a file archiver with the highest compression ratio. The program supports 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB formats. Compression ratio in the new 7z format is 30-50% better than ratio in ZIP format.
Development Status: Production/Stable
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Operating System: Windows 95/98/2000, Windows NT/2000
tool to rip DVDs from the command line
Development Status: Production/Stable
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Operating System: All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like OSes)
DVD backup tool for the GNOME desktop. Allows you to back up a DVD movie to a similar capacity media or back up a title of a DVD to a normal 4.7 GB DVD disk, shrinking the video if needed. You can also back up a title to two disks to prevent shrinking.
Development Status: Alpha
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Operating System: All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like OSes)
Bacula is a set of computer programs that permit you (or the system administrator) to manage backup, recovery, and verification of computer data across a network of computers of different kinds. In technical terms, it is a network Client/Server based backup program.
Development Status: Production/Stable
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Operating System: 32-bit MS Windows (NT/2000/XP), All 32-bit MS Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP), All BSD Platforms (FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD/Apple Mac OS X), All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like OSes), FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, Solar
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