What is the difference between .xz and .bzip2?
- Extension
- .xz
- .bzip2
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- Tukaani
- bzip2
- Description
- Commonly used for Linux software distribution, XZ files are archive files compressed with XZ compression algorithm. It may hold one or more compressed files.
- It is an open-source file compressor and decompressor that is freely available and uses the Burrows-Wheeler codec. It isn't a file archiver as it compresses single files.
- MIME Type
- application/x-xz
- application/x-bzip2
- Sample
- sample.bzip2