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zstd totally dominates zlib. There is nothing that zlib does that zstd does not do better. It’s just that simple. For a given compression speed, zstd will com

zstd totally dominates zlib. There is nothing that zlib does that zstd does not do better. It’s just that simple. For a given compression speed, zstd will compress the file more that zlib would. For a given compression amount, zstd will compress the data much faster than zlib would.

jandrese 8y ago
Except for compatibility. If you are compressing files for yourself it's no big deal, but when you're compressing them for someone else you have to consider if your bleeding edge compression software will be an issue, especially if they are on some corporate locked down machine and can't install new software.
- Cyan4973 8y ago
  zstd availability is becoming more and more common nowadays. See for example this tracker : https://repology.org/metapackage/zstd/versions https://repology.org/metapackage/zstd/versions
  - jandrese 8y ago
    Not listed: Windows
    - danielvf 8y ago
      I’ve used it for years on both Windows and OS X.
    - Cyan4973 8y ago
      On Windows, I'm using Chocolatey package manager : https://chocolatey.org/ https://chocolatey.org/ zstd is among the available packages.
      - tatersolid 8y ago
        To the GGP’s point, not a single machine at $dayjob (financial services) has chocolatey on the whitelist of software allowed. We couldn’t even use GoToMeeting in our industry for ages because it required an executable download that was mostly not on the whitelist of our 2000+ customer banks & credit unions. Windows has this thing called Software Restriction Policies, think of it as an Apple App Store curated by windows sysadmins. You can whitelist by code signer, SHA256, or even file path and name (which is insecure). https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/software-restriction-policies/software-restriction-policies https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/sof...

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zstd totally dominates zlib. There is nothing that zlib does that zstd does not do better. It’s just that simple. For a given compression speed, zstd will com

by danielvf 8y ago

jandrese 8y ago
Except for compatibility. If you are compressing files for yourself it's no big deal, but when you're compressing them for someone else you have to consider if your bleeding edge compression software will be an issue, especially if they are on some corporate locked down machine and can't install new software.
- Cyan4973 8y ago
  zstd availability is becoming more and more common nowadays. See for example this tracker : https://repology.org/metapackage/zstd/versions https://repology.org/metapackage/zstd/versions
  - jandrese 8y ago
    Not listed: Windows
    - danielvf 8y ago
      I’ve used it for years on both Windows and OS X.
    - Cyan4973 8y ago
      On Windows, I'm using Chocolatey package manager : https://chocolatey.org/ https://chocolatey.org/ zstd is among the available packages.
      - tatersolid 8y ago
        To the GGP’s point, not a single machine at $dayjob (financial services) has chocolatey on the whitelist of software allowed. We couldn’t even use GoToMeeting in our industry for ages because it required an executable download that was mostly not on the whitelist of our 2000+ customer banks & credit unions. Windows has this thing called Software Restriction Policies, think of it as an Apple App Store curated by windows sysadmins. You can whitelist by code signer, SHA256, or even file path and name (which is insecure). https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/software-restriction-policies/software-restriction-policies https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/sof...