Flickr vs GNU tar

Flickr

Description: Flickr is an image and video hosting website and web services suite that was created by Ludicorp in 2004 and acquired by Yahoo in 2005. It allows users to upload, store, share, and access images and videos for free or by paid subscription.

Type: software

Pricing: Subscription

GNU tar

Description: GNU tar is an open source command line utility used to create, list, extract and manipulate archive files, such as .tar, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, etc. It is the default utility for handling archives in Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.

Type: software

Pricing: Free

Flickr Features

• Photo hosting
• Video hosting
• Image sharing
• Social networking
• Mobile app
• Cloud storage
• Print services
• Creative tools
• Advanced search
• Groups/Forums

GNU tar Features

• Create and extract archives in tar, tar.gz, tar.bz2 and other formats
• Preserve file permissions, ownership and timestamps when archiving
• Encrypt archives for security using GPG
• Compress/decompress archives while creating/extracting
• Create incremental and differential backups
• Support for multivolume and large archives
• Remote archiving over SSH connections
• Archive verification and data recovery options

Flickr

• Subscription

GNU tar

• Free