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When comparing tar vs Ark, the Slant community recommends tar for most people. In the question“What are the best archivers on Linux?” tar is ranked 5th while Ark is ranked 7th.
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PlatformsUnix-like, Windows
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Pros
Pro Works from command-line
Pro Fast and light
light on resources and fast
Pro Traditional UI
it has a traditionl User interface
Pro Well integrated into KDE
it works nicely on Plasma
Pro De-deps
Cons
Con No compression
Tar (tape archiver) was mainly made for tape drives, so it has handy features like split archives. However, it does not feature any compression, so you have to compress the files again with gunzip or bunzip.
Con Many KDE deps
It needs many KDE libs.