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This list contains the most popular '''data compression algorithms and tools'''. Mos of them are open source, an important detail if you want to preserve data for a long time from now and to be able to decompress the data in the future. | |||
== 7z == | == 7z == | ||
* http://www.7-zip.org/ | |||
== Bzip2 == | == Bzip2 == | ||
* http://www.bzip.org/ | |||
== Gzip == | == Gzip == | ||
* http://www.gzip.org/ | |||
== Zip == | == Zip == | ||
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== KGB == | == KGB == | ||
* http://kgbarchiver.net/ | |||
The best compression ratio (better than 7z), but a bit slow. | |||
You can install it in Ubuntu with: sudo apt-get install kgb | |||
How to: | |||
* kgb -m file.kgb originalfile | |||
* m is a number from 0 to 9 (lowest compression ratio from higher; higher use 1616 MB of RAM, a lot of CPU and time) | |||
[[Category:Tools]] | [[Category:Tools]] | ||
Revision as of 21:45, 1 November 2010
This list contains the most popular data compression algorithms and tools. Mos of them are open source, an important detail if you want to preserve data for a long time from now and to be able to decompress the data in the future.
7z
Bzip2
Gzip
Zip
KGB
The best compression ratio (better than 7z), but a bit slow.
You can install it in Ubuntu with: sudo apt-get install kgb
How to:
- kgb -m file.kgb originalfile
- m is a number from 0 to 9 (lowest compression ratio from higher; higher use 1616 MB of RAM, a lot of CPU and time)