Ark
Drop-in replacementFreeAlready installed on KDE systems. Double-click an archive, browse it, drag files out. No setup at all.
Your files: Opens .zip, .7z, .rar, .tar and .gz. Creates all of those except rar.
Does WinZip run on Linux?
Verdict: No
No. WinZip is sold for Windows and Mac only, with no Linux version. You will not miss it, because every Linux desktop already includes an archive tool that opens the zip files you have.
WinZip's own download page lists Windows and Mac. There is no Linux edition, and buying a WinZip licence gives you nothing on a Linux machine.
This is one of the easier things to leave behind. Opening a zip file on Linux works the way it does on Windows and has done for years. Double-click it to look inside, or right-click and choose extract here. Making one is the same in reverse. Select the files, right-click, choose compress, pick zip.
Your existing archives all still open. Zip is zip, and Linux tools read the format without complaint, along with .7z and .rar files. Password-protected zip files open too, as long as you know the password.
The features you lose are the extras WinZip charged for rather than the compression itself, things like its cloud backup links, its PDF conversion and its file sharing panel. If you used those, replace them separately rather than looking for a WinZip clone.
What to use instead of WinZip
PeaZip
Close matchFreeA separate archive app with the tick-box options and split-archive settings WinZip users expect to find.
Your files: Reads and writes .zip and .7z, including encrypted archives.
This doesn't have to stop you
One stubborn program doesn't have to decide the whole question. You can keep Windows on the same PC and restart into it only when you need WinZip. Everything else you do can move.
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