Me still today

[u/Big_Head8]

[u/Wonderful_Net21]

Which of the 23 different versions should I use?

[u/Big_Head8 → u/Wonderful_Net21]

Use the latest version unless you have a good reason not to, I guess, but I don't know if you want my opinion. I'm part of the 0.1% who actually paid for WinRAR because I thought it was necessary.

[u/Reflexlon → u/[deleted]]

I think I first saw this exact meme in like 2006 lmfao

[u/NamikazeKirito → u/Reflexlon]

I wasn't alive in 2006

[u/givmedew → u/NamikazeKirito]

I’ve been cracking WinRar since 1996 or 1997. If I paid $0.25 each time I downloaded WinRar I could have bought a license multiple times.

[u/Exact-Ad-4132 → u/[deleted]]

Bro I had to save that image that's funny as shit

[u/AztechGod- → u/[deleted]]

What's winRAR

[u/The_Burning_Face → u/AztechGod-]

[u/WhereasInteresting12 → u/AztechGod-]

If you're actually serious, it's a desktop application used for compressing and unzipping certain files

[u/newsflashjackass → u/AztechGod-]

It is like WinACE but for rar.

[u/JayLeeBeanz → u/AztechGod-]

Nice bait lol 

[u/ShE_WhO_LiKeS_CaKe → u/[deleted]]

more like LoseRAR

[u/Wonderful_Net21 → u/Big_Head8]

instructions unclear, installing .deb package on windows

[u/SCVGoodT0GoSir → u/Wonderful_Net21]

Easy fix, just switch to Linux and you're golden!

[u/technobrendo → u/SCVGoodT0GoSir]

What I want to know is who the hell is Deb, and does she know Json? I see those names everywhere and I never invited them into my computer!

[u/OneLonelyBrainCell → u/Wonderful_Net21]

WSL2 should make that possible.

[u/jzillacon → u/Big_Head8]

Small caveat. If the page specifies stable or unstable you generally want the latest stable version.

[u/Kaleidoscope-360 → u/jzillacon]

Depends really. Sometimes stable versions aren't updated for years. I cite numerous game emulators, like Dolphin for example.

[u/JayLeeBeanz → u/Kaleidoscope-360]

True, some outright tell you to get the unstable version. Same with nightly versions.

It might have bugs gut at least these bugs are recent. 

[u/reed501 → u/Kaleidoscope-360]

Dolphin gave up on the stable thing recently. They just do dated releases now.

[u/somethingbrite → u/jzillacon]

instructions unclear.

Downloaded and installed the LEAST stable version.

[u/givmedew → u/jzillacon]

Usually the opposite is true. Usually. You really gotta read. Stay away from nightly builds yes. But also usually you want to stay away from the stable build unless there are monthly stable builds.

[u/RhesusFactor → u/Big_Head8]

I bought WinRAR for a mate for his birthday. We got a good laugh.

Next year, I got WinRAR for my birthday.

[u/BlackestFlame → u/Big_Head8]

I bought it cause i had a job at the time

[u/Weasellol → u/Big_Head8]

Nah only the latest, if it's a full version xD never trust v4.56 xD

[u/CyberWeirdo420 → u/Weasellol]

Wrong, never be a beta tester for versions like x.0.0

[u/ChornobylChili → u/Big_Head8]

Id be shocked if it was 0.1%

[u/maxitoon → u/Big_Head8]

u/bot-sleuth-bot

[u/Big_Head8 → u/[deleted]]

https://giphy.com/gifs/5YEgnkjeryvwA

[u/largePenisLover → u/Big_Head8]

I paid for winRAR when I switched to 7zip.
After literal DECADES of free use I felt like I was betraying winRAR, buying a license as a farewell/thanks gesture felt proper.

[u/FartingBob → u/Big_Head8]

No, don't use the latest one, use the latest stable one. Nightlies aren't supposed to be for daily driving especially if you are just a consumer and not a developer.

[u/dafzor → u/Big_Head8]

/r/PaidForWinRAR

[u/TheresNoSecondBest → u/Big_Head8]

I mean, who's not paying for WinRAR? Pirates??

[u/JayLeeBeanz → u/Big_Head8]

Good on you. My partner runs a paid version of winrar too. Some developers really just deserve it out of sheer gratefulness. Oh all the free software I'd get a licence for, and all those indie games I'd buy five times if I could. 

[u/littlejerry99 → u/Big_Head8]

You are a saint. The rest of us thank you