Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Darren @DJDarren@mendeddrum.org

2/3/2026, 9:38:53 AM

Public

It occurred to me yesterday, that a possible reason that many normies are turned off of FOSS is because so much of the software contains the word 'Libre'.

Librewolf
Libreoffice

and so on.

And, like, I get it, but it does feel a bit, I dunno...desperate, y'know?

"I'm a web browser, and I'm FREE of the constraints of Big Tech. I am at LIBERTY to be a web browser!"

And by extension, anyone using it kinda sounds like the worst sort of libertarian. But I dunno, maybe it's just projection on my part.

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