--- title: Best It's Foss posts — February 2026 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted It's Foss posts from February 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss/best-of/2026/02 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss/best-of/2026/02 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best It's Foss posts — February 2026 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted It's Foss posts from February 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of It's Foss — February 2026 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/someone-just-made-an-immutable-gentoo-based-distro-tailored-for-gaming-g26wmgjbm "Someone Just Made an Immutable Gentoo-Based Distro Tailored for Gaming") Article It's Foss · 30w Someone Just Made an Immutable Gentoo-Based Distro Tailored for Gaming matrixOS is a new immutable, atomic Linux distribution based on Gentoo, created by the original Sabayon Linux developer. It uses OSTree for atomic upgrades and follows an "emerge once, deploy everywhere" philosophy, building packages once and distributing binaries to avoid repeated compilation. The distro targets gaming and homelab setups with pre-configured Mesa and NVIDIA drivers, SecureBoot support, btrfs filesystem with zstd compression, and includes Steam, Docker, Flatpak, and Snap out of the box. Available in three variants (Bedrock, GNOME, and Server), it requires UEFI to boot and is currently a hobby project not intended for production use. 52 5 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/someone-is-bringing-fedora-linux-to-phones-and-it-s-not-red-hat--frka0uwav "Someone is Bringing Fedora Linux to Phones (And It’s Not Red Hat)") Article It's Foss · 29w Someone is Bringing Fedora Linux to Phones (And It’s Not Red Hat) Fedora Pocketblue Remix is a community project bringing Fedora Atomic (immutable) Linux images to mobile devices and tablets. Built on top of Fedora Silverblue and Kinoite using OCI containers, OSTree, and Bootc, it offers five interface variants including GNOME Mobile, Plasma Mobile, and Phosh. Currently supported devices include Xiaomi Pad 5/6, OnePlus 6/6T, Xiaomi Poco F1, and Orange Pi 3 LTS. The immutable base system enables atomic updates and easy rollbacks, similar to SteamOS on the Steam Deck. 26 4 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/serious-about-learning-linux-get-15-o-reilly-linux-and-devops-ebooks-for-under-25-mgucuqgst "Serious About Learning Linux? Get 15 O'Reilly Linux and DevOps eBooks for Under $25") Article It's Foss · 29w Serious About Learning Linux? Get 15 O'Reilly Linux and DevOps eBooks for Under $25 Humble Bundle is offering 15 O'Reilly Linux and DevOps eBooks for under $25 (starting at $21.80), with the deal running until February 28, 2026\. The collection covers Linux administration (command line, system admin, modern Linux), DevOps automation (Python, Ansible, GitHub Actions), infrastructure as code (Terraform), containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), security (DevSecOps, web app security), and more. Total retail value is listed at $789\. 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