@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 year agoArch with XZlemmy.worldimagemessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1586
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink20•1 year agoPeople doesn’t even know what a rootkit XZ is, why should they care? -Sony CEO probably
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish26•1 year agoVery common compression utility for LZMA (.xz file) Similar to .gzip, .zip, etc.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•edit-21 year agoIt’s definitely common, but zstd is gaining on it since in a lot of cases it can produce similarly-sized compressed files but it’s quicker to decompress them. There’s still some cases where xz is better than zstd, but not very many.
what even is xz?
People doesn’t even know what
a rootkitXZ is, why should they care? -Sony CEO probablyVery common compression utility for LZMA (.xz file)
Similar to .gzip, .zip, etc.
It’s definitely common, but zstd is gaining on it since in a lot of cases it can produce similarly-sized compressed files but it’s quicker to decompress them. There’s still some cases where xz is better than zstd, but not very many.