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Crosswalk and its JS, JAVA and Native Extensions performance

February 05, 2015 by Danilo Cesar  |   Blog

A brief discussion about Crosswalk’s JS, JAVA and Native Extensions performance

Crosswalk and its JS, JAVA and Native Extensions performance

Debian Jessie on Raspberry Pi 2

February 03, 2015 by Sjoerd Simons  |   Blog

Debian Jessie running on Raspberry Pi 2

Debian Jessie on Raspberry Pi 2

WebKit on the new Raspberry Pi 2

February 02, 2015 by Marco Barisione  |   Blog

Raspberry PI 2 release announcement!

WebKit on the new Raspberry Pi 2

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

Running Android next to Wayland

April 01, 2019 by Robert Foss  |   Blog

It's now possible to run Android applications in the same graphical environment as regular Wayland Linux applications with full 3D acceleration. Here's a look at SPURV, our experimental containerized Android environment.

Running Android next to Wayland

Modern USB gadget on Linux & how to integrate it with systemd (Part 2)

March 27, 2019 by Andrzej Pietrasiewicz  |   Blog

In the previous post I introduced you to the subject of USB gadgets implemented as machines running Linux. In this post, we look at how to implement your very own USB function with FunctionFS and how to integrate that with systemd.

Modern USB gadget on Linux & how to integrate it with systemd (Part 2)

Bootstraping a minimal Arch Linux image

March 20, 2019 by André Almeida  |   Blog

In this tutorial, we'll look at how to create a functional and simple Arch Linux virtual machine image, that can have network access, display graphical windows and share a folder with the host.

Bootstraping a minimal Arch Linux image

An overview of the Panfrost driver

March 13, 2019 by Robert Foss  |   Blog

During the past few months significant progress has been made on the Open Source Arm Mali GPU driver front, culminating in the Panfrost driver targeting Mali T and G-series of GPUs being available now.

An overview of the Panfrost driver

Quick hack: Raspberry Pi meets Linux kernel mainline

March 12, 2019 by Helen Koike  |   Blog

With just a few simple steps, you can compile and boot a Raspberry Pi using the Linux kernel mainline source code. Here's how.

Quick hack: Raspberry Pi meets Linux kernel mainline

News from the Debian Cloud Team

March 05, 2019 by Lucas Kanashiro  |   Blog

Since the last Debian release, a number of changes have been made in the Debian Cloud Team, both on the technical & organisational level within the community. Here's a look at what's in store for Buster!

News from the Debian Cloud Team

Panfrost update: A new kernel driver

March 04, 2019 by Tomeu Vizoso  |   Blog

Following two months of work to develop a new kernel driver for Midgard and Bifrost GPUs, the kernel side of Panfrost is now in a form close to be acceptable in the mainline Linux kernel.

Panfrost update: A new kernel driver

Modern USB gadget on Linux & how to integrate it with systemd (Part 1)

February 18, 2019 by Andrzej Pietrasiewicz  |   Blog

A look at how to implement USB gadget devices on Linux machines which have the necessary UDC hardware, automate the manual configfs process via declarative gadget "schemes", and use systemd for gadget composition at boot time.

Modern USB gadget on Linux & how to integrate it with systemd (Part 1)

FOSDEM 2019 - Recorded presentations (videos)

February 15, 2019 by Mark Filion  |   Blog

From the latest on Open Source projects Zink (OpenGL on Vulkan) and VirGL (virtual 3D GPU for QEMU), to a state of the union on GStreamer embedded, and a look at how the KernelCI project is getting a second breath, Collaborans presented in five devrooms.

FOSDEM 2019 - Recorded presentations (videos)

A Panfrost milestone

January 07, 2019 by Tomeu Vizoso  |   Blog

Panfrost, a project that delivers an open source implementation of a driver for the newest versions of the Mali family of GPUs, now includes support for running Wayland compositors and zero-copy GPU-accelerated clients.

A Panfrost milestone

A dream come true: Android is finally using DRM/KMS

December 17, 2018 by Gustavo Padovan  |   Blog

Released a few months ago, the Google Pixel 3 is the first Android phone running with the mainline graphics stack. A feat that was deemed impossible 10 years ago is now a reality thanks to a lot of hard work from the entire community.

A dream come true: Android is finally using DRM/KMS

Convincing your manager that upstreaming is in their best interest

November 28, 2018 by Martyn Welch  |   Blog

In an ideal world, everyone would implicitly understand that it just makes good business sense to upstream some of the modifications made when creating your Linux powered devices. Unfortunately, this is a long way from being common knowledge.

Convincing your manager that upstreaming is in their best interest

Save your spot at FOSDEM 2026: Rockchip, Tyr, GStreamer ML & more!

January 13, 2026 by Kara Bembridge  |   News & Events

At this year's edition of FOSDEM Collabora will be present with 7 talks! Join us to get the latest on video capture on Rockchip SoCs, Tyr, machine learning in GStreamer, and more!

Save your spot at FOSDEM 2026: Rockchip, Tyr, GStreamer ML & more!

Chromium on MediaTek: From testing to real-world performance on Genio 700 & 720

December 24, 2025 by Alexandros Frantzis  |   News & Events

A deep dive on the current status of Chromium enablement on MediaTek Genio SoCs, including what the numbers look like when MediaTek’s hardware codecs are driven by Chromium’s V4L2 paths.

Chromium on MediaTek: From testing to real-world performance on Genio 700 & 720

Driving a seamless Chromium experience on MediaTek SoCs

December 17, 2025 by Alexandros Frantzis  |   News & Events

As Chromium becomes the default UI runtime on embedded Linux devices, we’re closing long-standing V4L2 gaps and enabling efficient hardware video encoding and decoding on MediaTek platforms for both downstream and upstream.

Driving a seamless Chromium experience on MediaTek SoCs

Monado 25.1.0: Enabling OpenXR experiences of tomorrow

December 10, 2025 by Frederic Plourde  |   News & Events

Released as UnitedXR wraps up in Brussels, this latest update to the cross-platform Open-Source OpenXR runtime delivers major improvements across hand tracking, device support, and the core runtime infrastructure.

Monado 25.1.0: Enabling OpenXR experiences of tomorrow

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

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