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Embedded Linux Conference 2017

February 21, 2017 by Mark Filion  |   News and Events

Starting today, and for the next few days, Collaborans will be taking part in this year's Embedded Linux Conference North America, the "premier vendor-neutral technical conference for companies and developers using Linux in embedded products".

Embedded Linux Conference 2017

Collabora & Linux Kernel 4.10

February 20, 2017 by Gustavo Padovan  |   News and Events

Linux Kernel 4.10 is out, and this time Collabora contributed a total of 39 patches by 10 different developers.

Collabora & Linux Kernel 4.10

Quick hack: Setting up a ChromiumOS dev environment

February 16, 2017 by Robert Foss  |   Blog

How to set up a fully functional ChromiumOS development environment on actual Chromebook hardware.

Quick hack: Setting up a ChromiumOS dev environment

Optimizing graphics memory bandwidth with compression and tiling: Notes on DRM format modifiers

February 09, 2017 by Varad Gautam  |   Blog

Over the past few weeks, I have been working for Collabora on plumbing DRM format modifier support across a number of components in the graphics stack. This post documents the work and the related consequences/implications.

Optimizing graphics memory bandwidth with compression and tiling: Notes on DRM format modifiers

Hello Amsterdam!

February 08, 2017 by Mark Filion  |   News and Events

On February 8 & 9, Collabora will be attending Integrated Systems Europe 2017, the world's largest tradeshow dedicated to professional AV and electronic systems integration, taking place at the Amsterdam RAI.

Hello Amsterdam!

Collabora at FOSDEM 2017

January 31, 2017 by Mark Filion  |   News and Events

We're headed to Brussels, Belgium for FOSDEM 2017, the two-day event organized by volunteers to promote the widespread use of free and open source software.

Collabora at FOSDEM 2017

Mainline Explicit Fencing - Part 3

January 26, 2017 by Gustavo Padovan  |   Blog

In the last two articles we talked about how Explicit Fencing can help the graphics pipeline in general and what happened on the effort to upstream the Android Sync Framework. Now on the third and final post of this series we will go through the Explicit…

Mainline Explicit Fencing - Part 3

A look at the Chamelium board

January 24, 2017 by Tomeu Vizoso  |   Blog

Last month I gave a short talk about the Chamelium board from the ChromeOS team, a board that is getting more and more usage outside of Google as it can help you automate the testing of your display (and not only!) code and hardware.

A look at the Chamelium board

Setting up QEMU-KVM for kernel development

January 16, 2017 by Frédéric Dalleau  |   Blog

A look at the fundamentals of building and booting a kernel in QEMU using debootstrap, so you have the needed infrastructure to test your kernel changes in QEMU.

Setting up QEMU-KVM for kernel development

Collabora Contributions to Linux Kernel 4.9

December 14, 2016 by Gustavo Padovan  |   Blog

Linux Kernel 4.9 was released this week and once more Collabora developers took part on the kernel development cycle. This time we contributed 36 patches by 11 different developers, our highest number of single contributors in a kernel release ever. Remember…

Collabora Contributions to Linux Kernel 4.9

GStreamer meets HotDoc

November 29, 2016 by Mark Filion  |   News and Events

Some exciting news today as GStreamer launches its redesigned documentation site, complete with dynamic navigation, search function and new tutorials. This new iteration is powered by HotDoc, a tool created by Collabora's Mathieu Duponchelle!

GStreamer meets HotDoc

A tale of cylinders and shadows

November 22, 2016 by Gustavo Noronha  |   Blog

Our ongoing work on improving WebKitGTK+ performance brought us to take a closer look as to why GTK+ was experiencing significant speed issues when used with Wayland and HiDPI screens, revealing the root cause to be within the lower level toolkit.

A tale of cylinders and shadows

From Bifrost to Panfrost - deep dive into the first render

April 23, 2020 by Alyssa Rosenzweig  |   Blog

The Panfrost project building a free, Open Source graphics driver for modern Mali GPUs has reached a new milestone: the first 3D render, including basic texture support, on a Bifrost chip (Mali G31)!

From Bifrost to Panfrost - deep dive into the first render

Alyssa Rosenzweig receives Google Open Source Peer Bonus

April 20, 2020 by Mark Filion  |   Blog

Google Open Source has announced their 2020 first quarter Google Open Source Peer Bonus winners, and Alyssa Rosenzweig, Software Engineer at Collabora, is among the recipients!

Alyssa Rosenzweig receives Google Open Source Peer Bonus

Using syzkaller, part 2: Detecting programming bugs in the Linux kernel

April 17, 2020 by Andre Almeida  |   Blog

In my previous blog post, we discussed the importance of testing, what is fuzzing, and how the syzkaller fuzzes the kernel in order to find bugs. Now, let’s install the tool and starting using it to improve our code base.

Using syzkaller, part 2: Detecting programming bugs in the Linux kernel

Open Source software releases: Q1 2020 recap

April 14, 2020 by Mark Filion  |   Blog

Open Source software development thrives on remote collaboration, and continues to do so in 2020, with multiple projects announcing releases in the first quarter.

Open Source software releases: Q1 2020 recap

Clean, reliable setup for dependency installation

April 10, 2020 by Pekka Paalanen  |   Blog

When you work on a piece of software, you usually want to be able to build and test it manually on your local system, but without compromising your system or destabilizing the distribution provided software.

Clean, reliable setup for dependency installation

Adding mainline Arm Frame Buffer Compression support for Rockchip

April 08, 2020 by Andrzej Pietrasiewicz  |   Blog

Rockchip SoCs, notably the RK3399, are popular in devices such as Chromebooks and single-board computers. Indeed, they bring some interesting features, one of them being the Arm Frame Buffer Compression (AFBC).

Adding mainline Arm Frame Buffer Compression support for Rockchip

Using syzkaller, part 1: Fuzzing the Linux kernel

March 26, 2020 by Andre Almeida  |   Blog

With the code base of the Linux kernel constantly changing and deployed in devices around the world, performing proper testing is crucial. Here's a look at syzkaller, a valuable tool widely adopted by the kernel community to detect bugs in the kernel.

Using syzkaller, part 1: Fuzzing the Linux kernel

Getting started with GStreamer's gst-build

March 19, 2020 by Stéphane Cerveau  |   Blog

GStreamer relies on multiple repositories such as base and good to build its ecosystem, and now owns more than 30 projects in Gitlab. So, a unified tool/build system has always been necessary to build a specified version.

Getting started with GStreamer's gst-build

Why remote working can be good for people, business and environment

March 10, 2020 by Olivier Potin  |   Blog

Here at Collabora, we trust our people to work remotely, we give them full responsibility for their output, and we believe it helps creating an even stronger internal culture and comes with some other positives.

Why remote working can be good for people, business and environment

PipeWire, the media service transforming the Linux multimedia landscape

March 05, 2020 by Julian Bouzas  |   Blog

PipeWire 0.3 was released a few days ago, marking a big step forward in the effort of making this emerging media service the core layer of all multimedia on Linux.

PipeWire, the media service transforming the Linux multimedia landscape

Experimental Panfrost GLES 3.0 support has landed in Mesa

February 27, 2020 by Alyssa Rosenzweig  |   Blog

Panfrost's ES 3.0 support has landed in upstream Mesa and works with a mainline Linux kernel. The support is still early, but if you're feeling adventurous, feel free to give it a try on your favourite ES 3.0 applications and games.

Experimental Panfrost GLES 3.0 support has landed in Mesa

Using gcc sanitisers to get a nasty bug fixed

February 18, 2020 by Andrej Shadura  |   Blog

When a bug surprises you when doing Apertis packaging of a typical vendor code signing tool, it's time to debug it using the compiler's built-in tools.

Using gcc sanitisers to get a nasty bug fixed

Pushing the kernel forward at Linux Plumbers 2025

December 04, 2025 by Kara Bembridge  |   News & Events

Collabora is headed to Tokyo for the Linux Plumbers Conference! Join us for our talks exploring stability for Rockchip boards, the latest Tyr Rust-based GPU, and more.

Pushing the kernel forward at Linux Plumbers 2025

Kernel 6.18: Tyr advances Rust in Linux

December 03, 2025 by Louis-Alexis Eyraud  |   News & Events

In the latest Linux kernel release, Collabora’s engineering team delivers multiple contributions including Tyr, a Rust driver for CSF-based Arm Mali GPUs, as well as ongoing hardware enablement and improved support for MediaTek SoCs.

Kernel 6.18: Tyr advances Rust in Linux

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

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Here are the events we'll be attending in the coming weeks – come say hello!

Embedded Software Engineering Kongress

December 1-5, Sindelfingen, Germany

UnitedXR Europe

December 8-10, Brussels, Belgium

 

Linux Plumbers

December 11-13, Tokyo, Japan

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