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gzip is fast (pigz is even faster), supported everywhere (even in DOS), uses low amounts of memory, and compresses well enough for practical needs. bzip2 is to
by oneshtein 2y ago
gzip is fast (pigz is even faster), supported everywhere (even in DOS), uses low amounts of memory, and compresses well enough for practical needs.
bzip2 is too slow.
xz is too complex (see https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1068024 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1068024 ), designed to compress .exe files.
lzip is good, but less popular.
zstd is good and fast, but less popular.
- Spooky23 2y agoAnother factor is that gzip is over 30 years old and ubiquitous in many contexts. Zstd is awesome, but has only been around for a decade, but seems to be growing.
- PROMISE_237 2y ago[dead]