Krafting@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 5 months agothe fear of missing out a better compressionmessage-squaremessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up133arrow-down1message-squarethe fear of missing out a better compressionKrafting@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square92fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarezero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoThere’s several levels you can use to trade off additional space for requiring more processing power. That being said, I hate xz and it still feels slow AF every time I use it.
minus-squareTipRing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoIt starting 0.5 seconds slower than usual saved us all a bit of a headache as it turns out.
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoYeah, it’s similar enough to tar.gz to always confuse me.
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoGood for image backups, after zeroing empty space.
.tar.xz
xz is quite slow though
tar c file | pxz > file.tar.xz
There’s several levels you can use to trade off additional space for requiring more processing power. That being said, I hate xz and it still feels slow AF every time I use it.
It starting 0.5 seconds slower than usual saved us all a bit of a headache as it turns out.
Same algo as in 7z
Yeah, it’s similar enough to tar.gz to always confuse me.
wait until you learn about
.tar.lzGood for image backups, after zeroing empty space.