From 5a12e7c134274dba706667107d10d231517d3e05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick J Volkerding Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:00:38 -0500 Subject: Slackware 13.0 Wed Aug 26 10:00:38 CDT 2009 Slackware 13.0 x86_64 is released as stable! Thanks to everyone who helped make this release possible -- see the RELEASE_NOTES for the credits. The ISOs are off to the replicator. This time it will be a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD. We're taking pre-orders now at store.slackware.com. Please consider picking up a copy to help support the project. Once again, thanks to the entire Slackware community for all the help testing and fixing things and offering suggestions during this development cycle. As always, have fun and enjoy! -P. --- slackbook/html/archive-files-bzip2.html | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 103 insertions(+) create mode 100644 slackbook/html/archive-files-bzip2.html (limited to 'slackbook/html/archive-files-bzip2.html') diff --git a/slackbook/html/archive-files-bzip2.html b/slackbook/html/archive-files-bzip2.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ea3a4e044 --- /dev/null +++ b/slackbook/html/archive-files-bzip2.html @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ + + + + +bzip2 + + + + + + + + + +
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bzip2(1) is an alternative compression program installed on +Slackware Linux. It uses a different compression algorithm from gzip, which results in some advantages and some disadvantages. The +main advantage for bzip2 is the compressed file size. bzip2 will almost always compress better than gzip. In some instances, this can result in dramatically smaller +files. This can be a great advantage for people on slower modem connections. Also +remember, when downloading software from a public ftp server, it's generally good +netiquette to download the .bz2 files instead of the .gz files, as this results in less overhead for the generous people +hosting the server.

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The disadvantage to bzip2 is that it is more CPU intensive +than gzip. This means that bzipping a file will generally take +longer and will use more of the CPU than gzipping the file would. When considering which +compression program to use, you must weigh this speed vs. compressed size and determine +which is more important.

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The usage of bzip2 is nearly identical to gzip, so not much time will be spent discussing it. Like gunzip, bunzip2 is identical to bzip2 -d. The primary difference in practical usage is that bzip2 uses the .bz2 extension.

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