lzop is a file compressor which is very similar to gzip. lzop uses the LZO data compression library for compression services.
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Tag: compression
pigz – parallel implementation of gzip
pigz is a fully functional replacement for gzip that uses multiple processors and multiple cores to the hilt when compressing data.
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Brotli – generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm
Brotli is a generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm that compresses data.
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Zstandard – fast compression algorithm, providing high compression ratios
Zstandard is a fast compression algorithm, providing high compression ratios.
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LZ4 – lossless data compression algorithm focused on compression and decompression speed
LZ4 is lossless compression algorithm, providing compression speed > 500 MB/s per core (>0.15 Bytes/cycle).
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PeaZip – winrar/winzip alternative
PeaZip is a cross-platform portable file archiver, released under the LGPL. PeaZip supports many different archive and compression formats.
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7-Zip – file archiver with a high compression ratio
7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. It operates with the 7z archive format.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Corel WinZip
WinZip is a file archiver and compressor. What are the best free and open source alternatives?
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8 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Linux Archive Managers
Linux has a good range of free and open source archive managers. We feature the best graphical archive managers.
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Best Free Android Apps: ZArchiver – archive management tool
ZArchiver is an Android app for archive management. ZArchiver supports a wide variety of archives and compression formats.
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LinuxLinks: Our most-read stories of 2019
We’ve run through our statistics, and found our ten most well received posts/series that saw the highest page views for 2019.
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Best Linux Multi-Core Compression Tools
This article surveys compression software that makes full use of multi-core processors when compressing files. Many of the tools also offer decompression speedups too.
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