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Permissively-licensed MTP device implementation

May 16, 2019 by Andrzej Pietrasiewicz  |   Blog

Introducing cmtp-responder - a permissively licensed Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) responder implementation which allows embedded devices to provide MTP services and supports a core set of MTP operations.

Permissively-licensed MTP device implementation

An eBPF overview, part 5: Tracing user processes

May 14, 2019 by Adrian Ratiu  |   Blog

Up until now, talking in-depth about userspace tracing was deliberately avoided because it merits special treatment, hence this part devoted to it. We'll now look at the why of it, and we'll examine eBPF user tracing in two categories: static and dynamic.

An eBPF overview, part 5: Tracing user processes

Linux Kernel 5.1

May 09, 2019 by André Almeida  |   News & Events

Earlier this week, Linux Kernel 5.1 was released, and with it came over 13,000 commits from developers all around the world, including Collaborans. This time around, no less than 12 different developers contributed commits (64), sign-offs (111) & more.

Linux Kernel 5.1

CEF on Wayland upstreamed

May 08, 2019 by Santosh Mahto  |   Blog

After a successful team effort, the patch enabling the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) Ozone builds to run with different platform backends, such as Wayland, has finally landed upstream.

CEF on Wayland upstreamed

Collabora & GStreamer 1.16

May 06, 2019 by Aaron Boxer  |   News & Events

After a year-long development cycle, the much anticipated release was made available recently. With it came a number of exciting new features we're especially proud of, including per-element latency tracer and support for planar or non-interleaved audio.

Collabora & GStreamer 1.16

An eBPF overview, part 4: Working with embedded systems

May 06, 2019 by Adrian Ratiu  |   Blog

Now that we've studied the mainstream way of developing and using eBPF programs on top of the low-level VM mechanisms, we'll look at projects taking different approaches, attempting solutions to some of the unique problems faced by embedded Linux.

An eBPF overview, part 4: Working with embedded systems

Running Android and Wayland on embedded devices

May 02, 2019 by Robert Foss  |   Blog

A previous post introduced the SPURV Android compatibility layer for Wayland based Linux environment. In this post, we're going to dig into how you can run an Android application on the very common i.MX6 based Nitrogen6_MAX board.

Running Android and Wayland on embedded devices

An eBPF overview, part 3: Walking up the software stack

April 26, 2019 by Adrian Ratiu  |   Blog

In part 1 and 2 of this series, we took a condensed in-depth look at the eBPF VM. In part 3, we define the high-level components of an eBPF program, including the backend, loader, frontend and data structures.

An eBPF overview, part 3: Walking up the software stack

GStreamer buffer flow analyzer

April 25, 2019 by Guillaume Desmottes  |   Blog

GStreamer's logging system is an incredibly powerful ally when debugging but it can sometimes be a bit daunting to dig through the massive amount of generated logs. I often find myself writing small scripts processing gst logs when debugging.

GStreamer buffer flow analyzer

Weston debugging and tracing on-the-fly

April 24, 2019 by Marius Vlad  |   Blog

The recent release of version 6 of the Weston compositor has brought with it the weston-debug protocol, a new feature that allows developers and users alike to display on-the-fly various debugging (logging) information generated by the compositor.

Weston debugging and tracing on-the-fly

Quick hack: git-pw

April 18, 2019 by Ezequiel Garcia  |   Blog

A well-known Linux kernel developer once said, a poor craftsman famously complains about his tools, but a good craftsman knows how to choose excellent tools. Here's a python-based tool that integrates git and patchwork, and can greatly improve your toolbox.

Quick hack: git-pw

An eBPF overview, part 2: Machine & bytecode

April 15, 2019 by Adrian Ratiu  |   Blog

The second part of this series takes a more in-depth look at the eBPF VM and program studied in the first part. Having this low level knowledge is not mandatory but can be a very useful foundation for the rest of the series.

An eBPF overview, part 2: Machine & bytecode

Introducing GStreamer VR Plug-ins and SPHVR

July 04, 2016 by Lubosz Sarnecki  |   Blog

The dawn of VR video players demand new features in terms of projection and hardware access. In his recent R&D work, a Collaboran implemented a way to view spherical videos with GStreamer on a Virtual Reality headset. In this article, he gives his thoughts…

Introducing GStreamer VR Plug-ins and SPHVR

SVVR 2016: Virtual reality in the Valley

June 27, 2016 by Frédéric Plourde  |   Blog

I’ve been fortunate enough lately to attend the largest virtual reality professional event/conference : SVVR. This virtual reality conference’s been held each year in the Silicon Valley for 3 years now. This year, it showcased more than 100 VR companies…

SVVR 2016: Virtual reality in the Valley

GTK Hackfest 2016

June 22, 2016 by Simon McVittie  |   Blog

I'm back from the GTK hackfest in Toronto, Canada and mostly recovered from jetlag, so it's time to write up my notes on what we discussed there.

GTK Hackfest 2016

GStreamer leaks tracer

June 19, 2016 by Guillaume Desmottes  |   Blog

At Collabora, our multimedia team is always looking to improve QA tools in GStreamer. This blog introduces a new QA tool: a GStreamer tracer to track leaked objects.

GStreamer leaks tracer

Linux Kernel: memory corruption - debug tricks

June 10, 2016 by Helen Fornazier  |   Blog

When the kernel crashes, it's good to know how to analyze the log and to discover exactly where the error occurred. This blog post shows a simple technique to retrieve the buggy line from the addresses shown in the log and also enabling specifics logs…

Linux Kernel: memory corruption - debug tricks

Flatpak on Debian

June 06, 2016 by Simon McVittie  |   Blog

Quite a lot has happened in xdg-app since last time I blogged about it. Most noticeably, it isn't called xdg-app any more, having been renamed to Flatpak. It is now available in Debian experimental under that name, and the xdg-app package that was briefly…

Flatpak on Debian

Running Weston on a Raspbian

June 03, 2016 by Robert Foss  |   Blog

Progress in they VC4 graphics camp and the Wayland camp now enables us to run Weston on top of the drm backend for VC4 platforms. Previously software acceleration using pixman was needed, but this is no longer the case. Let's explore running hardware…

Running Weston on a Raspbian

GStreamer Spring Hackfest 2016

May 25, 2016 by Olivier Crête  |   Blog

After missing the last few GStreamer hackfests I finally managed to attend this time. It was held in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city. The city is located by the sea side and the entire hackfest and related activities were either directly by…

GStreamer Spring Hackfest 2016

Linux Kernel 4.6: More active Collabora contributors than ever before

May 17, 2016 by Gustavo Padovan  |   Blog

Linux Kernel 4.6 was released this week, with a total of 9 Collabora engineers taking part in its development, Collabora’s highest number of engineers contributing to a single Linux Kernel release yet. In total Collabora contributed 42 patches.

Linux Kernel 4.6: More active Collabora contributors than ever before

Validating changes to KMS drivers with IGT

April 21, 2016 by Tomeu Vizoso  |   Blog

New DRM drivers are being added to almost each new kernel release, and because the mode setting API is so rich and complex, bugs do slip in that translate to differences in behaviour between drivers.

Validating changes to KMS drivers with IGT

Yocto and OpenEmbedded at Collabora

April 15, 2016 by Andrew Shadura  |   Blog

How the use of Yocto and OpenEmbedded helps corporations migrate to free software.

Yocto and OpenEmbedded at Collabora

Collabora contributions to Linux Kernel 4.5

March 17, 2016 by Gustavo Padovan  |   Blog

Linux Kernel 4.5 was released earlier this week, and once again Collabora engineers played a role in its development. In addition to their current projects, seven Collabora engineers contributed a total of 33 patches to the new Kernel.

Collabora contributions to Linux Kernel 4.5

Real-time AI video analytics on Renesas at electronica 2026

November 05, 2026 by Kara Bembridge  |   News & Events

Next week we'll be at electronica in Munich! In partnership with Renesas, Collabora will showcase real-time, low-latency ML video analytics on Renesas RZ/G2L and RZ/V2H platforms, using GStreamer for integrated video processing and on-device AI inference.

Real-time AI video analytics on Renesas at electronica 2026

Linux 7.3: Color format control, Tyr progress, and more

November 03, 2026 by Leandro Ribeiro  |   News & Events

Collabora authored 111 patches for Linux 7.3, spanning DRM core, Rust, MediaTek, Rockchip, and more. Highlights include a new color format property, per-connector hotplug events, sparse mappings in Panthor, and continued progress on Tyr.

Linux 7.3: Color format control, Tyr progress, and more

Panfrost is now using Kraid!

October 26, 2026 by Faith Ekstrand  |   News & Events

Kraid is now the default Panfrost compiler for Valhall and newer Mali GPUs, delivering major reductions in shader instructions, spilling, compile time, and memory use while providing a stronger foundation for future compiler optimization.

Panfrost is now using Kraid!

USB-C DisplayPort Alt Mode on Rockchip RK3588 and RK3576, starting with the Flipper One

October 06, 2026 by Sebastian Reichel  |   News & Events

A look at the USB-PD, PHY, hotplug, and DRM changes involved in making USB-C DisplayPort Alternate Mode work on RK3588/RK3576, and where they stand on the way to mainline Linux.

USB-C DisplayPort Alt Mode on Rockchip RK3588 and RK3576, starting with the Flipper One

Open Source in Prague: A week of talks, hands-on demos, and community!

October 02, 2026 by Kara Bembridge  |   News & Events

Next week we'll be in Prague for a packed Open Source week! We’ll speak at the Linux Plumbers Conference and GStreamer Conference, and present two demos at the ELC Technical Showcase.

Open Source in Prague: A week of talks, hands-on demos, and community!

AMD Embedded Computing Summit 2026 in Frankfurt

September 29, 2026 by Kara Bembridge  |   News & Events

We’ll be in Frankfurt this Thursday for the AMD Embedded Computing Summit! See a live demo of our AI Magic Mirror for a touchless, real-time experience.

AMD Embedded Computing Summit 2026 in Frankfurt

Panfrost, Kraid, Tyr, and more at XDC 2026

September 23, 2026 by Kara Bembridge  |   News & Events

The annual X.Org Developer's Conference returns to Toronto September 28-30, and as a Gold Sponsor, Collabora's graphics team will present six talks and a workshop spanning Vulkan and Open Source GPU drivers.

Panfrost, Kraid, Tyr, and more at XDC 2026

Decoding with Rockchip at Kernel Recipes 2026

September 17, 2026 by Kara Bembridge  |   News & Events

Next week we'll be in Paris for Kernel Recipes! We’re pleased to sponsor this gathering of the kernel community and contribute a talk on upstream H.264 and HEVC decoding for Rockchip RK3588/RK3576.

Decoding with Rockchip at Kernel Recipes 2026

Enabling responsive AI at SIDO 2026

September 15, 2026 by Kara Bembridge  |   News & Events

Visit us at the STMicroelectronics booth at SIDO to see how the STM32MP2 platform enables responsive edge-AI applications for industrial use cases.

Enabling responsive AI at SIDO 2026

Re-engineering YouTube for the living room: Bringing Google's Chrobalt to the RDK

September 11, 2026 by Santosh Mahto  |   News & Events

Working closely with Google, we built the first RDK-based Chrobalt reference platform for third-party devices, enabling Chromium-based YouTube support, certification, and automation on embedded TVs and set-top boxes.

Re-engineering YouTube for the living room: Bringing Google's Chrobalt to the RDK

Mesa on Android: How we brought Turnip, SkiaVK, and Cuttlefish to CI

September 10, 2026 by Valentine Burley  |   News & Events

Turnip is the first Mesa driver to achieve official Vulkan conformance on Android, with stronger Android integration, shared Vulkan runtime improvements, and real-device CI testing on Qualcomm Adreno hardware.

Mesa on Android: How we brought Turnip, SkiaVK, and Cuttlefish to CI

Building GPU Drivers in Rust: Tyr at RustConf 2026

September 08, 2026 by Kara Bembridge  |   News & Events

Join us in Montreal for the 10th edition of RustConf! Catch our talk on Tyr, the new Rust kernel driver for Arm Mali GPUs.

Building GPU Drivers in Rust: Tyr at RustConf 2026

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