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`

Jonathan Frederickson @jfred@jawns.club

1/27/2026, 5:33:00 PM

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@cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber @vagrantcVagrant Cascadian That's kexec, yeah. It's usable from a technical standpoint, though I think it can be a bit fiddly to set up. That's what Heads uses to load the OS kernel: https://github.com/linuxboot/heads/blob/master/initrd/bin/kexec-boot

(...and it's used sometimes for faster reboots as well: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kexec)

heads/initrd/bin/kexec-boot at master · linuxboot/heads

A minimal Linux that runs as a coreboot or LinuxBoot ROM payload to provide a secure, flexible boot environment for laptops, workstations and servers. - linuxboot/heads

github.com · GitHub

Vagrant Cascadian @vagrantc@floss.social

1/27/2026, 5:50:56 PM

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@jfredJonathan Frederickson @cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber

Yeah, kexec exists, and "guix system reconfigure ..." even generates a kexec script to reboot without going all the way into the bootloader... and sometimes even suceeds!

Maybe for some systems it is quite reliable; I have had mixed results, so not sure I would want to rely on kexec without a lot of testing...

Off the top of my head, petitboot implemented a "boot to minimal linux and kexec to full system" sort of interface... there may be other projects in this space as well.

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