What is the difference between .tgz and .xz?
- Extension
- .tgz
- .xz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- GNU
- Tukaani
- Description
- Unix .TAR file archive compressed with Gnu Zip (.GZIP) compression; uses a TAR archive to bundle the files together and Gzip compression to reduce the file size; commonly used on Unix and Linux systems; originally created as the shorthand version of the compound extension .TAR.GZ.
- Commonly used for Linux software distribution, XZ files are archive files compressed with XZ compression algorithm. It may hold one or more compressed files.
- MIME Type
- application/x-compressed
- application/x-xz
- Sample
- sample.tgz
- Wikipedia
- .tgz on Wikipedia
- .xz on Wikipedia