Your semi-regular reminder that supporting @servo is one path out of this mess we're in.
The more I think about it, the more I believe it's essential we have a fully capable browser engine not controlled by a trillion-dollar entity.
March in Servo: keyboard navigation, better debugging, FreeBSD support, and more!
https://servo.org/blog/2026/04/30/march-in-servo/
Servo 0.1.0 represents Servo’s biggest month ever, with a record 530 commits and our first ever release on crates.io! For security fixes, see § Security.
With this release Servo becomes more accessible, thanks to tab navigation keyboard navigation with Alt+Shift and the accesskey attribute, and keyboard scrolling with Space and Shift+Space
took us far too long, but we've finally added an "AI" contribution policy to PluralKit: https://github.com/PluralKit/PluralKit/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#ai-contributions
massive shout out to the #servo #servobrowser team for having such a good policy, which has served as direct inspiration for ours
As I start using a crate to convert html to markdown, it seems good to call out that under the hood it's using html5ever which is made by the #servo project.
A lot of people probably think of servo as a browser that isn't ready yet, but they are already delivering components that get used.
(Linux news in previous posts)
FOSS NEWS
Firefox’s free VPN is getting the one feature it was missing:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/firefox-free-vpn-select-server
March in Servo: keyboard navigation, better debugging, FreeBSD support, and more!:
https://servo.org/blog/2026/04/30/march-in-servo/
Mobile Linux browser Kumo receives support for the Servo engine (in addition to WebKit):
https://github.com/catacombing/kumo/releases/tag/v1.7.0
(Not sure how it can be set to use Servo though, I don't see any setting for it in the app)
(But finally, an actively maintained browser with Servo support (even if only for the niche mobile Linux, it doesn't work on desktop), after Verso being basically dead)
Dillo 3.3 brings dilloc CLI utility, page actions, FLTK 1.4 support, and fixed OAuth login:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/dillo-3-3-brings-dilloc-cli-utility-page-actions-fltk-1-4-support-and-fixed-oauth-login/
7-Zip 26.01 Now Allows Making Use Of Huge Pages On Linux For Faster Compression:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/7-Zip-26.01
Calibre 9.8 E-Book Manager Improves Content Server, Native TTS Engine, and More:
https://9to5linux.com/calibre-9-8-e-book-manager-improves-the-content-server-native-tts-engine-and-more
LibreOffice 26.2.3 Open-Source Office Suite Released with More Than 40 Bug Fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/libreoffice-26-2-3-open-source-office-suite-released-with-more-than-40-bug-fixes
Kdenlive 26.04 Video Editor Brings Monitor Mirroring, Animated Previews:
https://9to5linux.com/kdenlive-26-04-video-editor-brings-monitor-mirroring-animated-previews
Shotcut 26.4 Video Editor Adds Vulkan GPU Support to Speech to Text on Linux:
https://9to5linux.com/shotcut-26-4-video-editor-adds-vulkan-gpu-to-speech-to-text-on-linux
Wireshark 4.6.5 Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities and Updates Protocol Support:
https://9to5linux.com/wireshark-4-6-5-fixes-multiple-vulnerabilities-and-updates-protocol-support
Blender change the Anthropic AI funding deal, with discussions planned for AI Policies:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/blender-change-the-anthropic-ai-funding-deal-with-discussions-planned-for-ai-policies/
Nintendo 64 emulator gopher64 gets even easier to use:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/nintendo-64-emulator-gopher64-gets-even-easier-to-use/
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Kumo 1.8.0 automatically unloads inactive tabs, to preserve resources and enhance initial loading speed.
You just described (more or less) #Servo #ServoBrowser ;)
Servo Browser Engine Seeing Progress On FreeBSD Support - Phoronix
This past week: Convergence with Shift6mq finally possible, improvements to Millipixels and thus photography on Librem 5, a Ubuntu Touch Q&A, a collection of Sailfish Community News, Phosh Development News for April all packed with niceties, and more! Enjoy!
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