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Offline xzipUser

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can you use xz for core.gz cutting on space
« on: November 05, 2026, 09:54:09 AM »
that can cut it down by a lot on space this is the smallest semi-moddern distro

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Re: can you use xz for core.gz cutting on space
« Reply #1 on: Today at 02:21:43 AM »
I seem to remember that there was a thread about this on these forums looking at the time to decompress versus the compressed size.

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Re: can you use xz for core.gz cutting on space
« Reply #3 on: Today at 11:49:48 AM »
this thread reminded of a size comparison commentary by Barry Kauler(circa2022):

https://bkhome.org/news/202208/quick-hello-world-size-comparison.html
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