--- title: Best It's Foss posts — April 2026 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted It's Foss posts from April 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss/best-of/2026/04 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss/best-of/2026/04 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best It's Foss posts — April 2026 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted It's Foss posts from April 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 — April 2026 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/firefox-has-quietly-integrated-brave-s-adblock-engine-icdbdfmgl "Firefox Has Quietly Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine") Article It's Foss · 20w Firefox Has Quietly Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine Firefox 149 quietly shipped adblock-rust, Brave's open-source Rust-based ad and tracker blocking engine, without mentioning it in the release notes. The integration was filed as a Bugzilla bug titled 'Add a prototype rich content blocking engine' and is currently disabled by default with no UI or filter lists. The engine supports uBlock Origin-compatible filter list syntax and handles network request blocking and cosmetic filtering. Waterfox, a Firefox fork, has also adopted the same implementation. A step-by-step guide is provided to enable and test the feature via about:config using EasyList and EasyPrivacy filter lists. 205 35 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/the-awesome-new-ubuntu-26-04-lts-is-here-nemsmrbax "The Awesome New Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is Here") Article It's Foss · 20w The Awesome New Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is Here Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 'Resolute Raccoon' has been released, powered by Linux kernel 7.0 with five years of standard support (extendable to 10 via Ubuntu Pro). Key highlights include GNOME 50 with exclusive Wayland support (X11 dropped from GDM), fractional scaling now stable, five new default apps (Ptyxis terminal, Loupe image viewer, Papers document viewer, Showtime video player, Resources system monitor), TPM-backed full disk encryption now generally available, post-quantum cryptography via OpenSSH 10.2, an official ARM64 desktop ISO, NTSYNC driver for better Wine/Proton gaming performance, and updated bundled apps including Firefox 149, LibreOffice 25.8, Thunderbird 140, and GIMP 3.0. 126 14 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/git-isn-t-just-for-developers-it-might-be-the-best-writing-tool-ever-3blev9hdi "Git Isn’t Just for Developers. It Might Be the Best Writing Tool Ever") Article It's Foss · 23w Git Isn’t Just for Developers. It Might Be the Best Writing Tool Ever A novelist and writer argues that Git and plain text are the ideal tools for managing creative writing, not just code. Drawing from a near-disaster when a colleague lost her manuscript on a USB drive, the author describes a six-year journey migrating all writing to plain text files in a Git mono-repo. Git's commit history becomes a 'time machine' documenting the evolution of creative work, while plain text ensures longevity and portability across decades. The piece frames this as a political stance against platform lock-in, AI scraping, and the fragility of proprietary cloud tools, advocating for self-hosted, version-controlled, openly licensed writing studios designed to outlive their creators. 76 7 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/will-you-pay-119-for-this-open-source-kvm-built-on-rust-and-buildroot--biqnvw0bb "Will You Pay $119 For This Open Source KVM Built on Rust and Buildroot?") Article It's Foss · 20w Will You Pay $119 For This Open Source KVM Built on Rust and Buildroot? LeafKVM is an open source KVM-over-IP device currently crowdfunding on Crowd Supply at $119\. It runs a Buildroot 2026.02 LTS Linux system with a Rust backend, housed in a CNC-milled aluminum enclosure. Key features include a Rockchip RV1126B SoC, 512 MB RAM, a 2.4-inch touchscreen, HDMI capture up to 4K/30fps with under 100ms latency, Wi-Fi 5, PoE support, and Tailscale VPN integration. The web frontend is a GPL-2.0 fork of JetKVM. It targets IT engineers, sysadmins, and embedded developers needing remote headless hardware access. The project has raised 82% of its $10,000 goal with 40+ days remaining, with units expected to ship in mid-January 2027. 73 17 5. 5 [](https://daily.dev/posts/a-php-dev-just-solved-a-20-year-old-kde-plasma-problem-no-one-else-would-vcwkqemxp "A PHP Dev Just Solved a 20+ Year-Old KDE Plasma Problem No One Else Would") Article It's Foss · 21w A PHP Dev Just Solved a 20+ Year-Old KDE Plasma Problem No One Else Would A 20+ year-old KDE bug requesting per-screen virtual desktops has finally been resolved. The fix was implemented by Hynek Schlindenbuch, a PHP developer with minimal C++ experience and no prior KDE contributions. Each screen can now independently show a different virtual desktop in KWin, with the feature landing in the master branch and slated for Plasma 6.7\. The implementation is Wayland-only, as X11's EWMH specification has no concept of multiple simultaneous active virtual desktops, and X11 support is being dropped in Plasma 6.8 anyway. 59 2 6. 6 [](https://daily.dev/posts/even-in-2026-linux-is-still-adding-support-for-sega-dreamcast-s-gd-rom-from-the-90s-2jrnqeova "Even in 2026, Linux Is Still Adding Support for Sega Dreamcast’s GD-ROM from the '90s") Article It's Foss · 22w Even in 2026, Linux Is Still Adding Support for Sega Dreamcast’s GD-ROM from the '90s The Linux kernel is adding a patch to fix support for the GD-ROM driver used by Sega's Dreamcast console from 1999\. This reflects Linux's long-standing tradition of supporting legacy and niche hardware driven by open source community enthusiasm. The post highlights how FOSS philosophy enables developers to maintain support for obscure hardware with minimal user demand, and touches on Linux's broader retro gaming ecosystem including RetroArch and RetroPie. 48 7 7. 7 [](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-is-getting-a-new-default-folder-in-your-home-directory-ouogwmwrv "Linux is Getting a New Default Folder in Your Home Directory") Article It's Foss · 19w Linux is Getting a New Default Folder in Your Home Directory The xdg-user-dirs 0.20 release introduces a new standard 'Projects' directory in the Linux home folder, alongside the existing Documents, Pictures, Videos, and Downloads folders. This change, originally requested in 2014, aims to give users and applications a predictable location for project files such as code repositories and CAD designs. Beyond organization, it enables IDEs and build tools to default to a common workspace, simplifies Flatpak permission grants, and allows backup tools to treat Projects as a meaningful data category. GLib support is planned to let desktops and Flatpak apps take full advantage of the new directory. 146 34 8. 8 [](https://daily.dev/posts/glass-ui-is-making-a-comeback-on-linux-thanks-to-kde-xqg3rbsr9 "Glass UI Is Making a Comeback on Linux — Thanks to KDE") Article It's Foss · 22w Glass UI Is Making a Comeback on Linux — Thanks to KDE KDE contributors are restoring two classic KDE 4-era themes, Oxygen and Air, for inclusion in the upcoming Plasma 6.7 release scheduled for June 16, 2026\. The restoration is timed to coincide with KDE's 30th anniversary. Oxygen features a reworked panel with orientation awareness, adaptive opacity, and bug fixes, while Air has had its signature transparency restored with blur effects behind widgets. As of writing, 26 of 40 checklist items are complete. 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