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		rendaw 9 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cockpit is a web-based graphical interface for ser... Including images in a readme means committing (maybe large) binary files to the repo.

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baq 9 days ago | [–]

Yes. One image won’t kill you. Or just refer an external static image.

yonatan8070 9 days ago | | [–]

How large are a couple of 1080p PNG screenshots? 0.5MiB?

hebelehubele 9 days ago | [–]

They could commit thumbnails linking to originals hosted on their website.

theowaway213456 9 days ago | [–]

Thumbnails are not even needed - they can just use a plain old img tag in the readme with an external src.

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