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Originally Posted by NiLuJe
On a sidenote, most of these are distributed as xz compressed tarballs (because it's much, much more efficient) so you'll need GNU tar/bsdtar + xz-utils on Linux/BSD/OS X, and something that can handle those files on Windows (f.g., 7-zip or WinRAR 5). On Windows, be extremely wary of unarchiving software providing a 'smart' CR/LF handling [i.e., WinZip]: do NOT let it affect the line endings of these files, because that would break things in fun and interesting ways.
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If someone feels that wasn't (already) clear enough, please tell NiLuje how he can clarify it further.
Aside: Why exactly would one decompress and recompress a one-time-use file for long-term storage -- just to make an arbitrary switch in compression formats?
I can understand saving an offline copy I guess -- personally I like reinstalling only from the latest snapshots Just In Case. But you *could* just leave it alone, since it is already compressed...