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minus-squaremlg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·7 months agoVery common compression utility for LZMA (.xz file) Similar to .gzip, .zip, etc.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-27 months agoIt’s definitely common, but zstd is gaining on it since in a lot of cases it can produce similarly-sized compressed files but it’s quicker to decompress them. There’s still some cases where xz is better than zstd, but not very many.
Very common compression utility for LZMA (.xz file)
Similar to .gzip, .zip, etc.
It’s definitely common, but zstd is gaining on it since in a lot of cases it can produce similarly-sized compressed files but it’s quicker to decompress them. There’s still some cases where xz is better than zstd, but not very many.