The standard archival program for Unix-like operating systems including Linux and Mac OS X is Tar, so called because Tar was originally used to store backups on tape drives (Tape ARchive).

How to extract a tar.gz archive on Ubuntu using the GUI You don't need a lot of technical knowledge to open a tar.gz file on Ubuntu. The operating system has native support for opening and ...

How to Extract Tar Files in Terminal. Tar is a common file format for archives in Linux- and Unix-based operating systems. These types of files are typically used to back up files and directories ...

How to Convert TAR to TGZ. The TAR, or Tape Archive, file format was developed to simplify the process of storing and distributing multiple Unix operating system files. TAR files are uncompressed ...

While most Linux veterans would tell you the command line is all you need to archive a bunch of files, we're fond of PeaZip for its feature-filled, easy-to-use (if sometimes glitchy) interface ...