From 75a4a592e5ccda30715f93563d741b83e0dcf39e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick J Volkerding Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:37:00 +0000 Subject: Slackware 13.37 Mon Apr 25 13:37:00 UTC 2011 Slackware 13.37 x86_64 stable is released! Thanks to everyone who pitched in on this release: the Slackware team, the folks producing upstream code, and linuxquestions.org for providing a great forum for collaboration and testing. The ISOs are off to be replicated, a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD. Please consider supporting the Slackware project by picking up a copy from store.slackware.com. We're taking pre-orders now, and offer a discount if you sign up for a subscription. As always, thanks to the Slackware community for testing, suggestions, and feedback. :-) Have fun! --- 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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