fwupd abandons xz compression for zstd amid security concerns

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By Brian FagioliApr 3, 2024, 1:53 pm150 pts
Following the discovery of malicious code, fwupd, the popular firmware update utility, has decided to transition from xz to zstd compression for its metadata. Richard Hughes, the lead developer behind fwupd, outlined the rationale behind this decision in a recent blog post. For years, fwupd has relied on…

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