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Compression

pixz – parallel, indexed xz compressor

October 21, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

pixz is a parallel, indexed xz compressor. pixz produces a collection of smaller blocks which makes random access to the original data possible.

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Compression

lzop – file compressor favoring speed over compression ratio

October 21, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

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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pigz – parallel implementation of gzip

October 21, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

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

October 21, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Brotli is a generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm that compresses data.

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Zstandard – fast compression algorithm, providing high compression ratios

October 21, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

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

October 21, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

LZ4 is lossless compression algorithm, providing compression speed > 500 MB/s per core (>0.15 Bytes/cycle).

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xdiskusage – user-friendly software to show your disk usage

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

xdiskusage is a user-friendly program to show you what is using up all your disk space. It is based on the design of xdu.

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SSD

SquirrelDisk – disk usage tool

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

SquirrelDisk is a GUI tool to help you reclaim disk space. It’s written in TypeScript and Rust and published under an open source license.

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SSD

agedu – utility for tracking down wasted disk space

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

agedu is a utility for tracking down wasted disk space. It correlates disk usage with last-access times to identify large and disused data.

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SSD

Disk Usage Analyser – view and monitor your disk usage and folder structure

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Disk Usage Analyser (also known as baobab) is a graphical, menu-driven application to view and monitor your disk usage and folder structure.

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