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Paul Barker
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Professional #SoftwareEngineer, #EmbeddedLinux expert & #OpenSource enthusiast.

I also enjoy amateur #WildlifePhotography and #Rambling.

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@Edent I think the alt text needs to reflect the context of the image.

When you chose to include the image, what information were you intending it to convey? That's the information to make available to non-/less-sighted folks via alt text.

A low-res JPEG of a funny meme may want very different […]
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November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
@Edent I think the alt text needs to reflect the context of the image.

When you chose to include the image, what information were you intending it to convey? That's the information to make available to non-/less-sighted folks via alt text.

A low-res JPEG of a funny meme may want very different […]
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November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
@FlohEinstein On the basis that "All hooligans are ultras, but not all ultras are hooligans", I propose the creation of an ISO8601 Firm.
November 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Now I just want the entirety of https://manpages.debian.org/contents-trixie.html available as a PDF. Or even better, EPUB.
Contents of Debian trixie — Debian Manpages
manpages.debian.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
@ross Tangential as it's not zsh: I've been using fish for the last 6 months and it's been great. I just have to remember to start bash for running bitbake!
November 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
@vbabka I enjoyed being able to report a +inf performance improvement when fixing some broken code last year.

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-renesas-soc/20240604072825.7490-1-paul.barker.ct@bp.renesas.com/
[net-next PATCH v5 0/7] Improve GbEth performance on Renesas RZ/G2L and related SoCs - Paul Barker
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November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
On a side note, I'm really happy with the embedded OpenStreetMap view. It should give some location context for anyone who doesn't know the places I post about, and I'm hopeful that I can display the path of a hike on the map view in future posts.
May 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
On the technical side, another reason I've gone with Ghost and I'm paying them to host my site is to avoid having to host image files myself.

It's easy to publish a static site with a few medium quality images via any number of free hosting platforms. But adding in high quality images in […]
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April 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Today's adventure is trying out Debian 13 "Trixie" (currently in testing, expected to be released later this year) with rootfs on ZFS and the latest release of the Cinnamon desktop environment.

#OpenSource #linux
March 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM