[SOLVED] What are the differences between the Gzip, Lzma, Xz and Lzop compression
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What are the differences between the Gzip, Lzma, Xz and Lzop compression
In the Kernel configuration, under the General configuration, is possible to select the prefered kernel compression. But what's the difference between this options?
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When you boot, the kernel image is decompressed and loaded into RAM.
There is a balance between compression ratio and decompression speed. If you have a slow computer it's best to use gzip or lzop because they don't require much CPU time. If you have a fast computer you may want to use xz or lzma because your CPU is fast and can decompress it quickly.
In reality I doubt it makes much difference, except on slow machines, where you would always want to use gzip or lzop.
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