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Re[4]: Torpark 1.5.0.6 Pre-release



Will it incorporate as an sfx archive?

Regards,
 Arrakistor

Friday, August 4, 2006, 9:27:45 PM, you wrote:

> You might try UPX to see how it compares to 7zip compression. I find it's almost always better.
> From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPX
> "... as UPX is specifically designed to compress executable code
> it often achieves better compression ratio than standard data
> compression facilities such as gzip, zip or bzip2. "


> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Arrakistor <arrakistor@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Anothony Georgeo <or-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, August 4, 2006 12:06:35 PM
> Subject: Re[2]: Torpark 1.5.0.6 Pre-release

> I used 7zip, which compressed the 24MB down to about 7MB

> Right now I am using Adblock with the Filterset.G updater.

> Regards,
>  Arrakistor

> Thursday, August 3, 2006, 8:26:02 PM, you wrote:

>> Hi Arrakistor,

>> --- Arrakistor <arrakistor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Howdy,
>>> 
>>> I am ready with the release of Torpark 1.5.0.6 (7MB)
>>> 
>>> - Decompressed size of 24MB for USB friendly
>>> footprint (reduced from 40MB)

>> Did you use UPX v.2.0.1?  This version offers better
>> .exe compression and better Win32 compatability.
>> <http://upx.sourceforge.net/>

>> I use the "--best" switch as "--brute" takes a *long*
>> time to process and I haven't seen better compression
>> ratios vs. "--best".

>>> - Adblock using Filterset.G Updater

>> Do you use Adblock or Adblock Plus?  IMO ABP is
>> supirior to AB.

>> Anogeorgeo


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