From b76270bf9e6dd375e495fec92140a79a79415d27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick J Volkerding Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 08:58:23 +0000 Subject: Slackware 13.1 Wed May 19 08:58:23 UTC 2010 Slackware 13.1 x86_64 stable is released! Lots of thanks are due -- see the RELEASE_NOTES and the rest of the ChangeLog for credits. The ISOs are on their way to replication, a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD. We are taking pre-orders now at store.slackware.com, and offering a discount if you sign up for a subscription. Consider picking up a copy to help support the project. Thanks again to the Slackware community for testing, contributing, and generally holding us to a high level of quality. :-) Enjoy! --- slackbook/html/archive-files-bzip2.html | 103 -------------------------------- 1 file changed, 103 deletions(-) delete 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 deleted file mode 100644 index ea3a4e044..000000000 --- a/slackbook/html/archive-files-bzip2.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,103 +0,0 @@ - - - - -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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