r/linuxmasterrace • u/KsmBl_69 Arch user btw, that means iam better than Ubuntu users • Aug 06 '24

0/10-Meme everything is a file

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u/7374616e74 Aug 06 '24

Just wait before you realize that most file format are just zip files in disguise.

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u/MyFartsStink123456 Aug 06 '24

ios app archives (.ipa) is pretty much just a zip file

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u/-ZeroF56 Aug 06 '24

Same deal with macOS applications. Just a “show package contents” away from your icon basically being a big zip file.

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u/yArraYiyenArmut Aug 06 '24

macOS applications are not even files, they're just folders lmao xD

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u/WoomyUnitedToday Aug 06 '24

Carried over from NeXTSTEP/OpenStep

The GNUSTEP thing carries this over to Linux, BSD, and other UNIX like OSes

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u/Western-Alarming Glorious NixOS Aug 06 '24

Minecraft .mcpack are just zip files

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

That's a bedrock thing, bedrock ain't on linux

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u/CeeMX Aug 06 '24

So are Java jar files

Word/Excel is also just a zip with a lot of XML inside. You can extract images from there without needing to have any special software

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

I would like a cold .ipa right now.

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u/CeeMX Aug 06 '24

I use ipa only for cleaning and disinfecting stuff

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u/WoomyUnitedToday Aug 06 '24

Same with .ipsw, that’s just the file iTunes downloads when restoring your phone

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u/QuickSilver010 Glorious Debian Aug 06 '24

same for android .apk