--- title: Best It's Foss posts — June 2026 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted It's Foss posts from June 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss/best-of/2026/06 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss/best-of/2026/06 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best It's Foss posts — June 2026 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted It's Foss posts from June 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 — June 2026 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/i-finally-tried-niri-the-new-way-of-tiling-linux-users-are-going-crazy-about-foaxkbwok "I Finally Tried Niri, The New Way Of Tiling Linux Users Are Going Crazy About") Article It's Foss · 12w I Finally Tried Niri, The New Way Of Tiling Linux Users Are Going Crazy About Niri is a Rust-powered, scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor that arranges windows in an infinite horizontal strip rather than a fixed grid. Unlike traditional tiling WMs like i3 or Sway, opening new windows never causes existing ones to resize — you simply scroll sideways to navigate. It uses a KDL-based config file and requires third-party tools for bars, launchers, and notifications. The review covers installation on Fedora, Arch, and Ubuntu, and introduces DankMaterialShell (DMS) — a complete desktop suite that pairs with Niri to provide dynamic Material You theming, a spotlight launcher, sidebar dashboard, system monitor, and a polished login screen via a single installer command. The author recommends Niri for experienced tiling WM users frustrated by window reshuffling, while noting the setup complexity may deter Linux newcomers. 103 19 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-users-get-this-for-free-brave-origin-costs-59-99-for-everyone-else-gipwbwmtl "Linux Users Get This For Free! Brave Origin Costs $59.99 For Everyone Else") Article It's Foss · 12w Linux Users Get This For Free! Brave Origin Costs $59.99 For Everyone Else Brave Origin is a stripped-down version of the Brave Browser that removes AI, crypto wallet, rewards, VPN, and other extras while keeping ad and tracker blocking. On Windows, Android, macOS, and iOS it costs a one-time $59.99 license, but Linux users get it completely free with no account required. Installation is covered for Ubuntu (apt), Fedora (dnf), and Arch Linux (AUR/yay). Origin is not a separate codebase — it's a minimal build of brave-core. It can run alongside regular Brave Browser without conflicts, and users can switch between Origin and standard Brave via a flag without reinstalling. 88 13 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/bambu-lab-keeps-locking-down-the-community-keeps-building-up-29td0ohai "Bambu Lab Keeps Locking Down, The Community Keeps Building Up") Article It's Foss · 14w Bambu Lab Keeps Locking Down, The Community Keeps Building Up Bambu Lab has been progressively locking down its 3D printer ecosystem since January 2025, requiring cloud authorization for basic operations, cutting off third-party tools, and even issuing a cease-and-desist against an open source developer who built a fork of OrcaSlicer — despite not touching any proprietary code, in what the Software Freedom Conservancy confirmed was an AGPLv3 violation. In response, the community built Bambuddy, a self-hosted, Docker-based print management system for Bambu Lab printers. It offers real-time monitoring, print queuing with drag-and-drop scheduling, fleet management with load balancing, remote printing via a proxy mode with TLS and Tailscale support, and an optional headless OrcaSlicer/Bambu Studio sidecar for in-browser slicing. Licensed under AGPLv3 and available on GitHub, it supports a wide range of Bambu printers including the X1 Carbon, P1S, A1, and newer H2D and X2D models. 70 4 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/to-make-things-easier-cachyos-created-a-rust-based-gui-package-manager-zihmxo9c8 "To Make Things Easier, CachyOS Created a RUST-Based GUI Package Manager") Article It's Foss · 13w To Make Things Easier, CachyOS Created a RUST-Based GUI Package Manager CachyOS has switched its default graphical package manager from Octopi to Shelly, a new Rust-based GUI tool. Shelly supports package management from CachyOS repositories, AUR, Flathub, and AppImage all in one interface. It features a modern, clean UI with a home dashboard showing installed package counts and update status, unified search across all sources, and settings for parallel downloads and package purification. Compared to Pamac and Octopi, Shelly offers a more modern look and broader source support, though AppImage integration is still somewhat inconsistent. 62 1 5. 5 [](https://daily.dev/posts/craving-hyprland-but-don-t-want-to-configure-it-try-dank-linux-a5yotiowf "Craving Hyprland But Don't Want to Configure It? Try Dank Linux") Article It's Foss · 14w Craving Hyprland But Don't Want to Configure It? Try Dank Linux Dank Linux is a pre-configured desktop shell suite that transforms a minimal Linux installation into a fully themed Hyprland experience using a single cURL command. Built on DankMaterialShell (using Quickshell and Go), it provides panels, a notification center, lock screen, app launcher, media controls, and automatic wallpaper-based color theming. Currently at v1.4.6, it supports Arch, Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, openSUSE, and Gentoo on both x86\_64 and ARM64\. Installation involves running a cURL script with a few configuration prompts. The desktop experience is minimal but polished, with Material Design theming, configurable top bar, workspace switcher, and GUI-based settings rather than config file editing. 56 8 6. 6 [](https://daily.dev/posts/there-is-a-new-x11-server-written-in-rust-with-the-help-of-ai-dyoxmpdin "There is a New X11 Server, Written in Rust, With the Help of AI") Article It's Foss · 13w There is a New X11 Server, Written in Rust, With the Help of AI A developer named Jos Dehaes has created yserver, a new MIT-licensed X11 display server written entirely in Rust with significant help from Claude Code, Anthropic's AI coding agent. Unlike X.Org, yserver drops decades of legacy baggage and focuses on what modern Linux desktops actually need. It uses DRM/KMS and Vulkan for direct hardware access, libseat for rootless seat management, and already boots into MATE, Xfce, and Cinnamon sessions across a range of hardware including AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, and Apple Silicon via Asahi Linux. The project is very early-stage with one contributor and an incomplete security model, but it demonstrates the growing prevalence of vibe coding for non-trivial systems software. 25 1 7. 7 [](https://daily.dev/posts/kde-is-going-wayland-only-so-this-new-project-gives-you-kde-with-x11-9kptp6wxt "KDE is Going Wayland Only So This New Project Gives You KDE With X11") Article It's Foss · 13w KDE is Going Wayland Only So This New Project Gives You KDE With X11 SonicDE is a new open source project forking KDE Plasma components to maintain and advance X11 support after KDE announced Plasma 6.8 will drop the X11 session entirely. Starting from a KWin/X11 patchset, the project has grown to 40 GitHub repositories covering window management (sonic-win), desktop shell (sonic-desktop-interface), workspace, networking, audio, screen locking, and a custom Silver theme. It is init-system agnostic, targets BSD support, and is already packaged for Arch-based distros, Debian, Devuan, Artix, and Vendefoul Wolf, with Gentoo, NixOS, OpenMandriva, and FreeBSD packaging in progress. 19 1 8. 8 [](https://daily.dev/posts/flipper-one-is-a-pocket-sized-linux-cyberdeck-tpwlwqumg "Flipper One is a Pocket-sized Linux Cyberdeck") Article It's Foss · 13w Flipper One is a Pocket-sized Linux Cyberdeck Flipper One is an upcoming open-source pocket-sized Linux cyberdeck designed for networking, pentesting, and development. It runs mainline Linux on a Rockchip RK3576 chip with 8GB RAM, features Wi-Fi 6E, 5G, dual Gigabit Ethernet, and a secondary RP2350B MCU for low-power operation. The team is building FlipperOS (Debian-based) and FlipperCTL, a D-pad-friendly UI wrapping tools like nmap and ping. The project is fully open — hardware and software — with no proprietary binary blobs. Contributions are currently being sought across hardware, firmware, UI/UX, documentation, and testing via a public Developer Portal. 17 1 9. 9 [](https://daily.dev/posts/this-credit-card-sized-linux-box-has-a-keyboard-camera-and-ai-capability-fotfxyjki "This Credit Card-Sized Linux Box Has a Keyboard, Camera, and AI Capability") Article It's Foss · 15w This Credit Card-Sized Linux Box Has a Keyboard, Camera, and AI Capability M5Stack has launched the CardputerZero, a credit card-sized Linux device powered by a Raspberry Pi Compute Module Zero (CM0) with a Broadcom BCM2837 quad-core Cortex-A53 at 1GHz and 512MB RAM. Unlike its ESP32-based predecessors, it runs a full Linux environment. Features include an 8MP Sony IMX219 camera, 46-key keyboard, 1.9-inch LCD with HDMI output up to 1080p, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, and expansion ports. It also supports lightweight edge AI via tools like OpenClaw. Two variants are available — standard ($149 MSRP) and Lite ($99 MSRP) — with Kickstarter pricing active until July 3\. The campaign has raised over $1.4 million from 10,900+ backers, with units shipping around November 2026. 15 2 10. 10 [](https://daily.dev/posts/meet-melia-a-privacy-first-modern-desktop-email-client-made-just-for-linux-jrezgcmsv "Meet Melia: A Privacy-First, Modern Desktop Email Client Made Just for Linux") Article It's Foss · 14w Meet Melia: A Privacy-First, Modern Desktop Email Client Made Just for Linux Melia is a new desktop email client built exclusively for Linux, emphasizing privacy and local-first storage. Emails are stored in a SQLite database, credentials in the OS keyring, and the app features zero telemetry. Key privacy features include tracking pixel neutralization, SPF/DKIM/DMARC authentication, automatic suspicious sender flagging, and a real-time connection monitor. It supports 32+ email providers, offers unified full-text search, contact management, and inbox rules. Built on Electron, it ships as a Deb, AppImage, Snap, or Flatpak. 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