Pixz (pronounced 'pixie') is a parallel, indexing version of XZ: https://github.com/vasi/pixz
Pixz (pronounced 'pixie') is a parallel, indexing version of XZ: https://github.com/vasi/pixz
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The existing XZ Utils ( http://tukaani.org/xz/ ) provide great compression in the .xz file format, but they have two significant problems:
The existing XZ Utils ( http://tukaani.org/xz/ ) provide great compression in the .xz file format, but they have two significant problems:
* They are single-threaded, while most users nowadays have multi-core computers.
* They are single-threaded, while most users nowadays have multi-core computers.