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The xz package has been backdoored, you need to update your system now (archlinux.org)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It provides liblzma, an implementation of the lzma compression algorithm

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

That's why I use dz instead. It provides ligma. It's a much better compression algorithm.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Why does lzma exist anyway?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Exactly. People should just use zip for their compression libraries. Way more efficient

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What are you talking about?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Zip and WinRAR (the paid version obviously) being a good way to do compression over ssh, clearly

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This looks interesting, I'm gonna watch it

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I don't understand what you mean by this question... Because someone decided to create it?