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`

Jason Lefkowitz @jalefkowit@vmst.io

11/4/2025, 8:13:34 PM

Public

Another Ubuntu frustration.

Third party software distributed through Launchpad is supposed to be tagged with what Ubuntu release it's for. Ubuntu releases are identified in the tags by name, not version number. Each release gets a name working up the alphabet, so 10.10 was Maverick, 11.04 was Natty, 11.10 was Oneiric, etc.

This worked fine until there were enough Ubuntu releases that Canonical ran out of letters, because then they wrapped back to A and started over. So it's your job now to remember that 11.10 was Oneiric and 24.10 was Oracular, because if you mix them up you'll be getting software from 13 years before

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