FreeBSD also provides .iso.xz. Some examples here: http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/13.0/
On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 4:23 PM Julien Lepiller <jul...@lepiller.eu> wrote: > Sorry, a compressed .iso is probably common, a .iso.xz is very uncommon > :). We even have had some reports of people trying to copy that directly to > an installation media. > > Le 18 février 2021 14:56:44 GMT-05:00, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <m...@tobias.gr> > a écrit : >> >> Julien Lepiller 写道： >> >>> Usually compression is provided by the webserver, but maybe ours >>> is not configured to do that. I think we're the only distro to >>> provide compressed isos. >>> >> >> Really? Most distribution ISOs use squashfs or similar with >> XZ/LZMA compression. It doesn't make sense to compress that over >> the wire. >> >> That said: XZ compression currently saves 27% (559M -> 405M). >> Transparently serving pre-compressed ISOs with nginx (gzip level >> 9) would save about 25% (559M -> 415M), which is surprisingly >> similar. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> T G-R >> >> -- - EJR
