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minus-squareolympicyes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·25 days agoXZ is quite slow for compression when single threaded. When run in parallel it uses a significant amount of RAM. It creates some of the smallest files and is fast to decompress compared to other well-compressed alternatives. Source: https://linuxreviews.org/Comparison_of_Compression_Algorithms
XZ is quite slow for compression when single threaded. When run in parallel it uses a significant amount of RAM. It creates some of the smallest files and is fast to decompress compared to other well-compressed alternatives.
Source: https://linuxreviews.org/Comparison_of_Compression_Algorithms
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