Hi, On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 03:19:26PM +0200, Sergiu Ivanov wrote: > On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 06:12:14PM +0100, olafbuddenha...@gmx.net > wrote:
> > Try xz compression instead of bz2 -- that can make quite a > > difference :-) > > Wow! :-) Thank you! I've heard about the LZMA algorithm, but it's the > first time I hear about xz compression, I only heard about it a few weeks ago myself -- the .xz format is indeed pretty new, and even it's predecessor .lzma hasn't been around for long. (Although the LZMA algorithm itself has been in use for a couple of years in 7zip...) My remark probably was actually a bit premature: I fear xz-utils are not yet easily available in stable distributions; so people might have trouble reading .xz file if you send them out... Of course it's fine for private backups, which you only need to read yourself :-) -antrik-
