Ark
Drop-in replacementFreeThe archive window on KDE systems such as Kubuntu. Right-click to extract, drag files in to add them. Already installed.
Your files: Opens .7z, .zip, .tar, .gz and .rar. Creates everything except rar.
Does 7-Zip run on Linux?
Verdict: Partly
Partly. There is an official 7-Zip for Linux, but it has no window and is typed at a command prompt, so in practice you use the archive tool that comes with your Linux desktop instead. It opens .7z files already.
Igor Pavlov does publish a Linux version of 7-Zip, and it handles every format the Windows one does. The catch is that it is console only. There is no file list, no drag and drop and no right-click menu, which is the whole reason anyone uses 7-Zip in the first place.
You almost certainly do not need it. Every mainstream Linux desktop already comes with a graphical archive tool, and the habit is the same as Windows. Right-click a .zip or .7z file, choose extract here, and it opens. To make an archive, select some files, right-click and choose compress. Nothing to install.
The .7z format itself is not a problem. Linux archive tools read and write it, along with zip, tar, gzip and rar. The one thing to check before you move is whether any of your archives are password protected with 7-Zip's encryption, because those still open fine but you will need to remember the password.
If you routinely split large archives into numbered parts, that is the feature most likely to be missing from the graphical tools, and it is worth testing on a sample file before you commit to the switch.
What to use instead of 7-Zip
PeaZip
Drop-in replacementFreeThe closest match if you want a separate archive app with the same sort of layout and options 7-Zip has.
Your files: Reads and writes .7z and .zip, including password-protected archives.
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