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[POLL] Which file archiver/compression utility do you use? (poll.chat.vote)

submitted 1 year ago by d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tar + xz

[–] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Sometimes -j, if it's a small amount of data, otherwise it's too slow. I've started using --zstd a lot recently; still getting a feel for the performance, but it's pretty good.

I think brotli has potential, but - again - I have to get used to using it more to get a feel for when it's safe to use (as it, it finishes before I lose patience with it).