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LZ4 Linux & Open-Source News

Zstd Compression For EROFS Published: Better Than LZ4 But Higher CPU Costs   Linux Storage   2024-05-08
Microsoft Rolls Out Azure Linux 2.0.20240403 With Security Fixes & Other Patches   Hardware   2024-04-10
AMD P-State Preferred Core Submitted For Linux 6.9 While Intel Meteor Lake Gets Tuned   AMD   2024-03-11
Awesome Changes Coming With Linux 6.9: Lots From Intel/AMD, FUSE Passthrough & More Rust   Linux Kernel   2024-03-10
LZ4 Compression For Hibernation Images Queued For Linux 6.9: Faster Restore Times   Linux Kernel   2024-02-13
LZ4 Support Revised For Faster Restore From Linux Hibernation   Linux Kernel   2023-12-05
EROFS No Longer Treating MicroLZMA Compression As Experimental   Linux Storage   2023-11-08
More Optimizations Made For Making GNOME/VTE Terminals Go Faster   GNOME   2023-10-21
Linux Patches Allow Changing Hibernation Compression Format For Better Performance   Linux Kernel   2023-10-04
EROFS Lands DEFLATE Compression, F2FS Improves Zoned Devices In Linux 6.6   Linux Storage   2023-09-02
Intel QAT Adapted For Zstd To Provide Big Performance/Efficiency Wins   Intel   2023-08-17
EROFS File-System Adding DEFLATE Compression Support   Linux Storage   2023-07-25
PostgreSQL 15 Released With Better Sort Performance, Supports LZ4 & Zstd Compression   Free Software   2022-10-13
Generic EFI Compressed Boot Support Prepped Ahead Of Linux 6.1   Linux Kernel   2022-09-25
LZ4 v1.9.4 Achieves 20~70% Speedups For Some CPUs & Configurations   Free Software   2022-08-15
EROFS-Utils 1.5 Released With ZTailPacking, FSCK Extraction   Linux Storage   2022-06-13
PostgreSQL Moves Ahead With Employing Zstd Compression   Programming   2022-03-13
Steam Deck, GNOME 42 Advancements & AMD Linux Updates Excited Readers In February   Phoronix   2022-03-01
PostgreSQL Begins Working On Zstd Compression Support   Free Software   2022-02-19
Hyperscalers Have Been Making CentOS 9 Stream More Attractive With New Features   Red Hat   2022-01-10
Ubuntu Had A Great Year In Switching To Wayland, Continued Commercial Success   Ubuntu   2021-12-30
Ubuntu Rethinking Its Initramfs Compression Strategy   Ubuntu   2021-12-08
-O3 Compiler Optimization Level Still Deemed Too Unsafe For The Linux Kernel   Linux Kernel   2021-06-05
EROFS Sends In "Big Pcluster" Support For Linux 5.13, Other Improvements   Linux Kernel   2021-04-27
Generic USB Display Driver "GUD" Slated For Linux 5.13   Hardware   2021-03-25
F2FS With Linux 5.12 Lets You Configure The Zstd/LZ4 Compression Ratio   Linux Storage   2021-02-18
F2FS With Linux 5.12 To Allow Configuring Compression Level   Linux Storage   2021-01-12
The New NTFS Linux Driver Updated With Better Compression Handling   Linux Storage   2020-12-06
F2FS Proposal Adds Support For LZ4HC Compression   Linux Storage   2020-12-01
OpenSolaris-Derived OmniOS CE Updated With A Ton Of Changes   Operating Systems   2020-11-04
Bcachefs Linux File-System Sent Out For Review With Exciting Feature Progress   Linux Storage   2020-10-27
OpenZFS File-System Merges Support For Using Zstd Compression   Linux Storage   2020-08-22
Zstd-Compressed Linux Kernel Images Look Very Close To Mainline With Great Results   Linux Kernel   2020-07-26
Zstd'ing The Kernel Might See Mainline With Linux 5.9 For Faster Boot Times   Linux Kernel   2020-07-07
Zstd Compression Under Review For OpenZFS   Linux Storage   2020-05-17
Generic USB Display Driver Published For Linux - Allowing Nifty Possibilities With Raspberry Pi, Etc   Raspberry Pi   2020-04-29
F2FS Added Zstd Compression With Linux 5.7 While Now is Working On LZO-RLE   Linux Storage   2020-04-16
EROFS-Utils 1.1 Released For This Read-Only Linux File-System   Linux Storage   2020-04-14
UDisks 2.9 To Support LVM's Virtual Data Optimizer For Deduplication/Compression   Linux Storage   2020-04-10
F2FS Introduces Zstd Compression Support With The Linux 5.7 Kernel   Linux Storage   2020-04-07
Some Of The Features To Look Forward To With Linux 5.7   Linux Kernel   2020-03-27
F2FS File-System Adding Zstd Compression Support In Linux 5.7   Linux Storage   2020-03-23
Zstd Compressed Linux Kernel Images Proposed Once More   Linux Kernel   2020-03-16
F2FS Experimental Compression Is Ready For Extending Flash Storage Life   Linux Storage   2020-01-31
Linux 5.6 Is Going To Be A Prominent Kernel With Features From USB4 To WireGuard   Linux Kernel   2020-01-06
F2FS Data Compression Using LZO/LZ4 + Selective File Extension Handling To Land In 2020   Linux Storage   2019-12-23
Many RISC-V Improvements Ready For Linux 5.5: M-Mode, SECCOMP, Other Features   RISC-V   2019-11-27
F2FS File-System Seeing LZO/LZ4 Compression Support   Linux Storage   2019-10-24
Arch Linux's Pacman 5.2 Released - Drops Support For Delta Packages, Adds Zstd Support   Arch Linux   2019-10-21
A Look At The Speedy Clear Linux Boot Time Versus Ubuntu 19.10   Clear Linux   2019-09-16
Ubuntu 19.10 To Boot Faster Thanks To LZ4 Compression   Ubuntu   2019-09-10
EROFS-Utils Adds LZ4 Compression Bits, Finally Has A README   Linux Storage   2019-07-28
OpenMandriva Lx 4.1 Aiming To PGO More Packages, Use IWD For WiFi Connections   Linux Networking   2019-07-15
Ubuntu Drama, Clear Linux Speed & WSL2 Sparked Lots Of Interest In June   Phoronix   2019-07-01
A Look At What's On The Table For Linux 5.3 Features   Linux Kernel   2019-06-29
Huawei Adding New LZ4 Inplace Decompression To EROFS File-System   Linux Storage   2019-06-28
Zstd-Compressing The Linux Kernel Has Been Brought Up Again   Linux Kernel   2019-06-10
Ubuntu Moving Ahead With Compressing Their Kernel Image Using LZ4   Ubuntu   2019-06-06
Ubuntu 18.10 Beta Now Available For Testing The Cosmic Cuttlefish   Ubuntu   2018-09-27
Feature Development Is Over On Ubuntu 18.10   Ubuntu   2018-08-24
Ubuntu/Debian Add LZ4-Compressed Initramfs Support, Will Auto Decide LZ4/XZ Choice   Ubuntu   2018-08-23
Zstd Compression Support Coming For Linux Pstore   Linux Storage   2018-08-05
Subversion 1.10 Released With LZ4 Compression, New Conflict Resolver   Free Software   2018-04-14
Ubuntu 18.10 Looking At LZ4-Compressed Initramfs Image By Default   Ubuntu   2018-03-19
LWJGL 3.1.4 Adds Zstd & LZ4 Bindings   Linux Gaming   2017-11-20
Lizard: Yet Another Compression Algorithm Joins The Party   Standards   2017-11-10
A ZSTD-Compressed Linux Kernel Could Be Up Next   Linux Kernel   2017-10-11
Borg Backup 1.1 Released   Free Software   2017-10-08
Facebook Looking To Add Zstd Support To The Linux Kernel, Btrfs   Linux Kernel   2017-08-04
Ryzen, Linux Laptops, Ethereum, & Graphics Drivers Marked Phoronix's 13th Birthday   Phoronix   2017-07-01
LZ4m: Taking LZ4 Compression To The Next Level   Free Software   2017-06-02
Bcachefs Is Still Getting Fixed Up To Be A Next-Gen Linux File-System   Linux Storage   2017-04-12
GRUB 2.02 Is Still Coming Along With Many Features, Even Morse Code Output   GNU   2017-02-16
Clear Linux Tests Data Compression Options   Clear Linux   2017-01-04
OpenVPN 2.4 Released: Adds LZ4 Compression, Android Platform Support   Free Software   2016-12-27
GNOME 3.22 Beta Released   GNOME   2016-08-22
There Are Many Features Coming For GRUB 2.02   GNU   2016-03-13
New Compression Codecs Risk Making Zlib Obsolete   Standards   2016-01-18
LZ4 Compression Support Is Unlikely For Btrfs   Linux Storage   2016-01-13
WebGL Support Becomes Official In Unity 5.3   Linux Gaming   2015-12-07
HAMMER2 File-System Now Uses LZ4 Compression By Default   BSD   2015-05-30
ZFS On Linux Adds New Kernel Support, Asynchronous I/O   Free Software   2015-04-10
Emile: Enlightenment EFL's Latest Addition   Desktop   2015-03-17
The Best Changes & Features Of The Linux 3.19 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2015-02-08
Features Of The Linux 3.19 Kernel: Graphics & Disks Rule   Linux Storage   2014-12-22
Features Added So Far To The Linux 3.19 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2014-12-15
SquashFS In Linux 3.19 Adds LZ4 Compression Support   Linux Kernel   2014-12-14
Systemd 216 Piles On More Features, Aims For New User-Space VT   systemd   2014-08-20
Another LZ4 Security Issue Analyzed   Linux Security   2014-07-13
LZO & LZ4 Security Vulnerabilities Disclosed   Linux Security   2014-06-28
SquashFS Tools 4.3 Brings An LZ4 Compressor, Big Changes   Linux Kernel   2014-05-14
The 10 Best Features Of FreeBSD 10.0   BSD   2014-01-05
PC-BSD 9.2 Is An Exciting Upgrade   BSD   2013-10-07
FreeBSD 9.2 Brings ZFS TRIM, ZFS LZ4, Updated DTrace   BSD   2013-09-30
Recapping The Linux 3.11 Kernel Features   Linux Kernel   2013-08-31
ZFSOnLinux 0.6.2 Is Faster, Supports Newer Kernels   Free Software   2013-08-24
LZ4 Compression Proposed For SquashFS   Linux Kernel   2013-07-23
Interesting Features For FreeBSD 10   BSD   2013-07-22
The New & Best Features Of The Linux 3.11 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2013-07-12
Linux Kernels Can Now Be Compressed With LZ4   Linux Kernel   2013-07-11
Features Coming In For The Linux 3.9 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2013-02-08
Support For Compressing The Linux Kernel With LZ4   Linux Kernel   2013-01-28
Btrfs In Linux 3.4 Kernel Has Big Changes   Linux Storage   2012-03-30
Linux 3.3 Kernel Officially Released   Linux Kernel   2012-03-18
The Btrfs File-System Repair Tool Is Available   Linux Storage   2012-02-21
LZ4 For Btrfs Arrives While Its FSCK Remains M.I.A.   Free Software   2012-02-19