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`

passthejoe @passthejoe@snac.bsd.cafe

2/18/2026, 3:51:04 PM

Public

This post from the founder of #GhostBSD is about more than #XLibre replacing Xorg. Eric Turgeon is also writing about what the project needs to do to survive, and the problems with fatigue, as well as the lack of development from MATE and his thoughts/reluctance about needing to code in Objective C for the Gershwin DE, which could be the future environment for the project.

tl;dr: More people are needed to keep the project alive

https://ericbsd.com/addressing-xlibre-change-and-ghostbsd-future.html

Addressing XLibre Change and GhostBSD Future

Why GhostBSD is Moving to XLibre GhostBSD is not Linux. It's a FreeBSD-based system for the desktop. That said, we use desktop environment software from the Linux world. On FreeBSD and GhostBSD, there are things that don't exist, like systemd, which a lot of software depends on. MATE is starting …

ericbsd.com · EricBSD

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