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`

It's FOSS @itsfoss@mastodon.social

1/7/2026, 6:10:15 AM

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The most ‘open-source-feeling’ software… that isn't open source.

https://itsfoss.com/popular-software-open-source-feel/

13 Popular Software That Feel Like Open Source But They Are Not

From VS Code to Docker Desktop, here’s a list of software often mistaken as open source by Linux users, with open alternatives for each.

itsfoss.com · It's FOSS

Pablo Martínez @pablo_martan@mastodon.social

1/7/2026, 10:21:39 AM

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@itsfossIt's FOSS thanks for pointing to headscale as an alternative to #tailscale. I'll have to take a good look into it, but my home server is still local only because I don't want to rely on a closed solution, and a full on VPS+VPN scares me (maybe more than it should?)

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