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You don't get your choice in compression technology used by a Linux distribution. If there's some linux distro out there that does offer that choice, that's a w
by KennyBlanken 5y ago
You don't get your choice in compression technology used by a Linux distribution. If there's some linux distro out there that does offer that choice, that's a waste of resources.
- c7DJTLrn 5y agoCompletely wrong. Initramfs compression is configurable on most distributions for example.
- howinteresting 5y agoMost Linux distros have adopted zstd, and you almost certainly never need anything else. But even so, packages can be compressed in one of several different formats typically.