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Linux Enthusiast | FOSS Fanatic | Amateur Radio Operator | PhD Student in CS @ RPI

Mainly post new things I learn about #Linux and working on my website #IndieWeb #fedi22

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@gigantos Browsing around I found this cool open source application for creating nice looking code images

Carbon: carbon.now.sh/

This can output both as PNG and SVG, though sadly it doesn't look like Mastodon supports SVGs. As you mentioned before, the best bet is likely to have the code in the alt image.

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