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== Zip ==
== Zip ==
* Available by default in any Windows version available today, but if you need cross-platform, use 7-zip.


== KGB ==
== KGB ==
* http://kgbarchiver.net/
* http://kgbarchiver.net/



Revision as of 23:19, 24 January 2011

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

  • Available by default in any Windows version available today, but if you need cross-platform, use 7-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)

External links