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Re: ISO image: to xz or not to xz?
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Leo Famulari |
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Re: ISO image: to xz or not to xz? |
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Mon, 3 May 2021 13:07:53 -0400 |
On Mon, May 03, 2021 at 01:47:02PM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> Indeed, install ISOs normally hold already-compressed filesystems or
> files, so recompressing the .iso doesn't gain much if at all.
To quote the introductory message of this thread:
"The xz-compressed image is 23% smaller, which is not negligible."