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Event: ISE 2015

January 15, 2015 by Guy Lunardi  |   News and Events

Amsterdam, The Netherlands February 10-12, 2015: the world’s largest tradeshow dedicated to professional AV and electronic systems integration. Collabora booth #11-E61

Event: ISE 2015

Event: CES 2015

December 17, 2014 by Guy Lunardi  |   News and Events

Las Vegas, USA - January 6th - 9th, 2015: Collabora will be participating with key partners at CES 2015, the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies.

Event: CES 2015

Event: Developer Experience Hackfest 2015

December 16, 2014 by Guy Lunardi  |   News and Events

Cambridge, UK January 25-29, 2015: Hosted at Collabora's UK headquarters, the Event Developer Hackfest 2015 aims to continue the tradition of pushing forward roadmaps for the toolkit and developer experience.

Event: Developer Experience Hackfest 2015

A checklist for writing pkg-config files

December 09, 2014 by Philip Withnall  |   Blog

Differences between pkg-config variables, the use of AX_PKG_CHECK_MODULES, and what to include in custom variables. automake and autoconf snippets are provided

A checklist for writing pkg-config files

Event: Web Engines Hackfest 2014

November 24, 2014 by Guy Lunardi  |   News and Events

A Coruña, Spain - December 7-10, 2014: Collabora are pleased to be sponsoring and attending the upcoming Web Engines Hackfest, which will bring together members from all parts of the Web Platform community.

Event: Web Engines Hackfest 2014

Recent improvements in libnice

October 31, 2014 by Philip Withnall  |   Blog

libnice upstream improvements done at Collabora

Recent improvements in libnice

Introduction to ICE and libnice

October 31, 2014 by Philip Withnall  |   Blog

Introductory talk on libnice (done as part of Collabora's tea time training)

Introduction to ICE and libnice

News: We are hiring!

October 21, 2014 by Guy Lunardi  |   News and Events

Software engineering, quality assurance, project management, and Finance are all looking for great and talented people. Please check us out. https://www.collabora.com/about-us/careers.html

News: We are hiring!

Collabora contributions to the Linux kernel 3.17

October 11, 2014 by Javier Canillas  |   Blog

Collabora contributions to the Linux kernel 3.17

Collabora contributions to the Linux kernel 3.17

Improving the security of D-Bus

October 06, 2014 by Alban Crequy  |   Blog

Eight security issues were discovered, fixed and attributed a CVE.

Improving the security of D-Bus

Dynamic relocs, runtime overflows and -fPIC

October 01, 2014 by Philip Withnall  |   Blog

A discussion of dynamic relocation, position independent code, the -fPIC flag and how it affects generated assembly. The focus would be on the practical implications of it all, including when to (and when not to) use -fPIC.

Dynamic relocs, runtime overflows and -fPIC

Event: GStreamer Conference 2014

September 29, 2014 by Guy Lunardi  |   News and Events

Düsseldorf, Germany October 16-17, 2014: the GStreamer Conference is a conference for developers, decision-makers, community members, industry partners, and anyone else interested in the GStreamer multimedia framework or Open Source and cross-platform…

Event: GStreamer Conference 2014

Build and run GTK 4 applications with Visual Studio

March 18, 2021 by Xavier Claessens  |   Blog

Over the past few months, I've been working on a side project to improve Meson sub-project support. The best stress test is to build projects on Windows, without msys2, because it has no dependencies or tools installed (e.g. pkg-config).

Build and run GTK 4 applications with Visual Studio

New features, changes & improvements to KernelCI's UI

March 04, 2021 by Alexandra Pereira  |   Blog

The most complete automated testing and continuous integration tool for the Linux kernel continues to evolve at a rapid pace. Here's a look at the latest improvements to the KernelCI dashboard, the main web interface used by the project.

New features, changes & improvements to KernelCI's UI

Asymmetric Multi Processing with Linux & Zephyr on the STM32MP1

March 03, 2021 by Arnaud Ferraris  |   Blog

In the embedded world, many modern SoCs such as the ST Microelectronics STM32MP1 now include coprocessor cores which can be used for a wide range of tasks and can offload some of the work from the main processor.

Asymmetric Multi Processing with Linux & Zephyr on the STM32MP1

Adding HEVC/H.265 support for NXP's i.MX 8M

February 17, 2021 by Benjamin Gaignard  |   Blog

Our recent efforts on the Hantro kernel driver have resulted in the addition of H.264 decoding support and multiple performance improvements. We are now introducing High Efficiency Video Coding, also known as H.265, decoding support on NXP's i.MX8 M.

Adding HEVC/H.265 support for NXP's i.MX 8M

Network adaptive streaming with Hwangsaeul

February 08, 2021 by Jakub Adam  |   Blog

Hwangsaeul, or H8L, a remote surveillance streaming solution, utilizes the capability of libsrt to collect statistics from open SRT sockets and by continuously analyzing the available data tries to detect potential connectivity issues.

Network adaptive streaming with Hwangsaeul

Trimming apitrace workload captures for better Mesa testing

February 01, 2021 by Gert Wollny  |   Blog

Complex, real-world correctness tests and performance analysis are now possible thanks to gltrim, a new tool recently added to apitrace, designed to trim replayable traces to single, user-defined frames.

Trimming apitrace workload captures for better Mesa testing

GStreamer on Windows: adding WebRTC support to a gst-build install

January 28, 2021 by Aaron Boxer  |   Blog

Earlier this week, WebRTC became an official W3C and IETF standard. GStreamer has a powerful and rapidly maturing WebRTC implementation. So, the obvious question is: how do we build this on Windows?

GStreamer on Windows: adding WebRTC support to a gst-build install

Implementing a performance boosting algorithm in Coccinelle

January 21, 2021 by Jaskaran Singh  |   Blog

Last year, from June to September, I worked on the kernel development tool Coccinelle under Collabora. I implemented a performance boosting algorithm for one of Coccinelle's use cases. Here's a look at this work.

Implementing a performance boosting algorithm in Coccinelle

Desktop OpenGL 3.1 on Mali GPUs with Panfrost

January 13, 2021 by Alyssa Rosenzweig  |   Blog

The open source Panfrost driver for Arm Mali Midgard and Bifrost GPUs now provides non-conformant OpenGL ES 3.0 on Bifrost and desktop OpenGL 3.1 on Midgard (Mali T760 and newer) and Bifrost, in time for Mesa's first release of 2021.

Desktop OpenGL 3.1 on Mali GPUs with Panfrost

Empathy first: Driving growth through people leadership

November 30, 2020 by Eleni Katsoula  |   Blog

This year, the global pandemic has put a strain on us all. Motivation can become hard to maintain, worries can cloud our minds. Now more than ever, it is important to try and connect with our colleagues.

Empathy first: Driving growth through people leadership

Developing Wayland Color Management and High Dynamic Range

November 19, 2020 by Pekka Paalanen  |   Blog

Wayland is still lacking proper consideration for color management & support for high dynamic range (HDR) imagery. However, a group of developers has begun an effort to fix this situation. This is their story.

Developing Wayland Color Management and High Dynamic Range

A summer sprint: bringing near-native performance to Zink

November 06, 2020 by Mike Blumenkrantz  |   Blog

This week marks two years since the OpenGL implementation on Vulkan was initially announced. Since then, and especially over the past few months, much has progressed with many new features being added and performance now close to native (95%!).

A summer sprint: bringing near-native performance to Zink

Training open source LLMs at ESE Kongress 2025

November 27, 2025 by Kara Bembridge  |   News & Events

Collabora will be at Embedded Software Engineering Kongress! Catch our talk as we share our expertise in training large open source models.

Training open source LLMs at ESE Kongress 2025

Racing karts on a Rust GPU kernel driver

November 19, 2025 by Daniel Almeida  |   News & Events

The Tyr prototype has now progressed from basic GPU job execution to running GNOME, Weston, and full-screen 3D games like SuperTuxKart, demonstrating a functional, high-performance Rust driver that matches C-driver performance!

Racing karts on a Rust GPU kernel driver

Open Source at AGRITECHNICA 2025

November 05, 2025 by Mark Filion  |   News & Events

As a trusted partner of industry leaders like CLAAS, Ag Leader, and CCI, we are delighted to exhibit for the first time at one of the world’s leading agricultural trade fairs, taking place November 9–15. Meet us at the Digital Farm Center in Hall 21!

Open Source at AGRITECHNICA 2025

Collabora + MediaTek: Pushing boundaries on the latest IoT boards and Chromebooks

October 16, 2025 by AngeloGioacchino Del Regno  |   News & Events

Collabora and MediaTek are advancing upstream Linux support for the latest Genio IoT boards and Chromebook Plus laptops, enabling full hardware functionality, improved security, and broader access to the open source community.

Collabora + MediaTek: Pushing boundaries on the latest IoT boards and Chromebooks

Advancing the pipeline at GStreamer Conference 2025

October 15, 2025 by Kara Bembridge  |   News & Events

Collabora is proud to sponsor this year's annual GStreamer conference, taking place in London, UK. Join us as we showcase the latest with machine learning analytics, WirePlumber, and more.

Advancing the pipeline at GStreamer Conference 2025

Kernel 6.17: auspicious autumnal accomplishments

September 30, 2025 by Nicolas Frattaroli  |   News & Events

The kernel 6.17 release benefits from improvements in the graphics subsystem, hardware enablement, and more! See where Collabora's kernel team contributed to this release.

Kernel 6.17: auspicious autumnal accomplishments

From Vienna, with Open Source: XDC 2025

September 24, 2025 by Kara Bembridge  |   News & Events

Next week, Collabora will be taking part in the 2025 edition X.Org Developer's Conference! Taking place in Vienna, our engineers will be presenting 6 talks and a workshop to help local students discover the embedded graphics stack! Join us!

From Vienna, with Open Source: XDC 2025

Demystifying the special ingredient at Kernel Recipes 2025

September 19, 2025 by Kara Bembridge  |   News & Events

Join us next week in Paris for Kernel Recipes! We're delighted to sponsor this kernel-focused event and contribute with a talk on GPU drivers.

Demystifying the special ingredient at Kernel Recipes 2025

PanVK now uses AFBC by default

September 17, 2025 by Erik Faye-Lund  |   News & Events

AFBC support has been merged to PanVK and will be available in the Mesa 25.3 release! This new enablement reduces memory bandwidth and boosts performance.

PanVK now uses AFBC by default

Adding an AI edge at SIDO 2025

September 15, 2025 by Kara Bembridge  |   News & Events

Visit us at the STMicroelectronics booth, where Collabora will highlight how the STM32MP2 chip empowers edge AI solutions for industrial applications.

Adding an AI edge at SIDO 2025

Debian 13 "Trixie": Collabora's contributions that made the 2025 release

September 09, 2025 by Dylan Aïssi  |   News & Events

The Debian Trixie release is jam-packed with new features thanks to the efforts of many. See where Collabora contributed to upgraded GNOME components, newer PipeWire versions, and more!

Debian 13

Tested on real silicon: Automating RISC-V Hardware-in-the-Loop

September 08, 2025 by Ariel D'Alessandro  |   News & Events

Addressing the need for reliable hardware testing for RISC-V adoption, the RISE Project and Collabora added two RISC-V boards to Collabora's LAVA testing lab.

Tested on real silicon: Automating RISC-V Hardware-in-the-Loop

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