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`

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1/18/2026, 12:04:38 PM

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You can apparently use Windows 7’s compositor in GNOME, and vice versa – or something

There's cursed computing, and then there's cursed computing. It turns out that you can render GNOME's windows with the compositor from Windows 7, dwm.exe. Yes.

tl;dr of how this clusterfuck works: this is effectively just x11 forwarding an x server from windows to

https://www.osnews.com/story/144214/you-can-apparently-use-windows-7s-compositor-in-gnome-and-vice-versa-or-something/

#Gnome

You can apparently use Windows 7’s compositor in GNOME, and vice versa – or something – OSnews

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