Bug#950324: question

[Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net>]

Hello,

On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 01:49:24PM +0000, Claessen, V.I. (Victor) wrote:
> Would it be an option to compress the kernel with a stronger compression algorithm, like xz?

Debian has to pick the kernel compression type that works best for
the majority of users, bearing in mind that some machine types are
particularly sensitive to how much memory is required to decompress.
If you want to change it I think you'll need to build your own
kernels.

When it comes to the initramfs however, you can choose compression:

# echo "COMPRESS=xz" > /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/compress
# update-initramfs -u

Cheers,
Andy