KDE Ark is a graphical file compression/decompression utility. It's not system app and does not require deep integration with the base system. It's a bit strange choice of apps to include to system image.

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rollcat 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Which is odd. Windows was able to browse ZIPs like normal folders since... 98? XP? Can't remember now.

IMHO KDE delegates too much core functionality to apps. On macOS, I can press "space" while having a file selected and I get an instant preview. This sort of thing must not be delegated.

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const_cast 3 days ago | parent [-]

Is this true? I was under the impression windows wasn't able to decompress zip files natively till very recently, like windows 11. I could be remembering wrong.

	▲	IshKebab 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah it's been supported since at least Windows 7. I think XP sounds about right.

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bmicraft 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

At the very least it does add context menu entries for compression to files, apart from "open with" obviously. That might already the reason right there.

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IshKebab 3 days ago | parent [-]

So I can't install an app that adds context menu entries? I can do that on Windows.

	▲	efreak 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		That likely depends on the desktop environment. I have packages installed on my steam deck that add context menu entries, so clearly it's not impossible (my system still remains read-only, though I've been thinking about using an overlay like rwfus to get some new native packages, due to annoyance of self-management of self-built and downloaded ~/.local stuff)
	▲	bmicraft 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yeah obviously. Windows let's everybody and their dog write into the registry. Which goes completely against the kind of immutable and sandboxed system that KDE Linux intends to be.