Next time try gzip -1, it's much faster.

Yep! Thanks for the suggestion! Apparently -1 is the same as --fast. See comment below by geocrasher: "gzip --fast. Only 23% slower in speed, but 73% reduction"

Congrats! I did some writing on LEB a few years ago and it never made it to HN. So, well done :)

Thanks! Best wishes!

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Darkstar is a traditional name for computers running Slackware.

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The name originally comes from a song by The Greatful Dead.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AlWqitKLnfs

These are the lyrics:

Dark star crashes, pouring its light into ashes

Reason tatters, the forces tear loose from the axis

Searchlight casting for faults in the clouds of delusion

Shall we go, you and I while we can

Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds?

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Mirror shatters in formless reflections of matter

Glass hand dissolving in ice, petal flowers revolving

Lady in velvet recedes in the nights of good-bye

Shall we go, you and I while we can

Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds?

The way I read the terminal prompts, its the name of his computer.

Exactly!