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An ode to pack: gzip’s forgotten decompressor
The latest 4.13.9 source release of the Linux kernel is 780MiB, but thanks to xz compression, the download is a much more managable 96 MiB (an 88% reduction)
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- 52
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Software EngineeringSystems & Performance2017
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2017 | An ode to pack: gzip’s forgotten decompressor by ingve | 200 | 52 |
