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Welcoming 9 new Collaborans!

April 03, 2018 by Jassie Badion  |   News & Events

Meet the newest members of our ever-growing engineering and administrative teams! Welcome Arnaud, Omar, Correntin, Lakshmipathi, Rebecca, Ezequiel, Ritesh, Ana and Zeeshan!

Welcoming 9 new Collaborans!

Linux Kernel 4.16

April 02, 2018 by Gustavo Padovan  |   News & Events

Linux Kernel 4.16 was released over the weekend, and with it came 33 patches contributed by 8 different Collabora developers, including the addition of usb3 and extcon support for Rockchip RK3399 devices, and display support for the Nokia N9.

Linux Kernel 4.16

A new era for Linux's low-level graphics - Part 2

March 23, 2018 by Daniel Stone  |   Blog

Following on from part 1 in the series, part 2 covers more developments in low-level graphics, including support for buffer modifiers in the kernel, Mesa, Wayland, Weston, Mutter and GNOME Shell, and X.Org.

A new era for Linux's low-level graphics - Part 2

Collabora & GStreamer 1.14

March 22, 2018 by Olivier Crête  |   News & Events

After a particularly long cycle of over 10 months, GStreamer accumulated many improvements that are now available in the 1.14 release. Here's a look at some of the contributions from Collabora's engineers that we're particularly proud of.

Collabora & GStreamer 1.14

FOSSASIA Summit 2018

March 22, 2018 by Mark Filion  |   News & Events

After a great time in Portland last week for ELC, Collaborans have arrived in Singapore for the 2018 edition of FOSSASIA Summit, the premier Open Technology event in Asia for developers, contributors, start-ups, and technology companies.

FOSSASIA Summit 2018

A new era for Linux's low-level graphics - Part 1

March 20, 2018 by Daniel Stone  |   Blog

The latest enhancements to the DRM subsystem have made mainline Linux much more attractive, making drivers easier to write, applications portable, and a much more friendly and collaborative community than we've ever had.

A new era for Linux's low-level graphics - Part 1

Linux isn't immune

March 14, 2018 by Gustavo Padovan  |   Blog

The recent disclosure of Meltdown and Spectre hardware vulnerabilities were unprecedented in the history of computing. They affect a substantial portion of chips powering most of the infrastructure used by our society today.

Linux isn't immune

Embedded Linux Conference 2018

March 09, 2018 by Mark Filion  |   News & Events

It's that time of the year again! The snow has melted, spring is right around the corner and the annual Embedded Linux Conference begins next week in Portland! If you are planning on attending, come say hello or catch one of our three presentations!

Embedded Linux Conference 2018

Google Open Source Peer Bonus

March 01, 2018 by Mark Filion  |   Blog

Today, Google Open Source announced their first 2018 Open Source Peer Bonus winners, and our graphics lead, Daniel Stone, made the list!

Google Open Source Peer Bonus

Embedded World 2018

February 26, 2018 by Mark Filion  |   News & Events

This week, we're in Nuremberg, Germany to take part in this year's edition of Embedded World, the leading international fair for embedded systems! Come say hello, booth 4-170!

Embedded World 2018

FOSDEM - Links to recorded presentations (videos)

February 21, 2018 by Mark Filion  |   Blog

From an introduction to Flatpak, to managing build infrastructure of a Debian derivative, to modern tools to debug GStreamer, Collaborans presented in six different developer rooms, as well as in the main track, at FOSDEM 2018.

FOSDEM - Links to recorded presentations (videos)

SRT, typical examples

February 20, 2018 by Justin Kim  |   Blog

Released earlier this month, the latest version of VLC, the free & open source multimedia player (which also uses the GStreamer framework) now contains SRT modules which had been in development in VLC's master branch.

SRT, typical examples

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

An eBPF overview, part 1: Introduction

April 05, 2019 by Adrian Ratiu  |   Blog

Interested in learning more about low-level specifics of the eBPF stack? Read on as we take a deep dive, from its VM mechanisms and tools, to running traces on remote, resource-constrained embedded devices.

An eBPF overview, part 1: Introduction

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

Open Source Summit North America

September 11, 2017 by Mark Filion  |   News & Events

Collaborans will be giving five talks during this year's edition, which starts today in Los Angeles!

Open Source Summit North America

Collabora & Linux Kernel 4.13

September 06, 2017 by Sebastian Reichel  |   News & Events

Linux Kernel 4.13 is out, with 12 Collabora developers having contributed, pairing up with 4.12 as another kernel release with our highest number of Collabora developers!

Collabora & Linux Kernel 4.13

DebConf comes to Montreal!

August 04, 2017 by Mark Filion  |   News and Events

Collabora is proud to once again be a Gold Sponsor of this year's DebConf, the annual Debian conference for developers! This year's week-long conference takes place from August 6 to 12 at Collège de Maisonneuve in beautiful Montréal, where one of our…

DebConf comes to Montreal!

Upcoming events: GUADEC & SIGGRAPH

July 27, 2017 by Mark Filion  |   News and Events

Over the next few days, Collaborans will be getting back on the road and attending two events, one in Manchester and one in Los Angeles. We're also very pleased to be sponsoring one of these events!

Upcoming events: GUADEC & SIGGRAPH

Collabora & Linux Kernel 4.12

July 04, 2017 by Martyn Welch  |   News & Events

Linux Kernel 4.12 is out, with 12 Collabora developers having contributed, a new record number of developers contributing to a single kernel release for Collabora!

Collabora & Linux Kernel 4.12

Growing our Core, Graphics & Web teams

June 27, 2017 by Mark Filion  |   News & Events

Our worldwide team of Open Source engineers and developers continues to grow with new additions in Core, Graphics & Web! Welcome Denis Pynkin, Alexandros Frantzis and Santosh Mahto!

Growing our Core, Graphics & Web teams

Outreachy 2017

June 02, 2017 by Mark Filion  |   News & Events

Collabora is proud to once again be sponsoring the latest round (Round 14) of Outreachy internships, which began earlier this week! More specifically, Collabora has chosen to sponsor the Linux kernel projects for the May-August semester.

Outreachy 2017

Three days, two exhibits, three talks

May 30, 2017 by Mark Filion  |   News & Events

Over the next few days, Collabora is very excited to be taking part in three events where we'll be exhibiting as well as giving talks: Augmented World Expo, Automotive Linux Summit and Open Source Summit Japan.

Three days, two exhibits, three talks

VR World, GStreamer, OSS, Vulkanised!

May 16, 2017 by Mark Filion  |   News & Events

On the road again! Collaborans are heading to London, A Coruña & Buenos Aires to attend a VR event, a hackfest, a conference on Open Source systems, and a day of technical sessions on Vulkan! See you there?

VR World, GStreamer, OSS, Vulkanised!

Collabora at GENIVI AMM

May 08, 2017 by Mark Filion  |   News & Events

From May 9 to 11, Collabora will be attending the GENIVI All Member Meeting & Open Community Days: Advancing Connected Vehicles in a Connected World, in Birmingham, UK!

Collabora at GENIVI AMM

Collabora & Linux Kernel 4.11

May 01, 2017 by Helen Fornazier  |   News & Events

Linux Kernel 4.11 was released yesterday, and 9 different Collabora developers contributed a total of 44 patches, while also reviewing 22 other patches.

Collabora & Linux Kernel 4.11

Upcoming events: VR, NAB & Khronos

April 18, 2017 by Mark Filion  |   News and Events

Collaborans are once again hitting the road and will be attending three separate events over the next new two weeks, in London, Las Vegas and Amsterdam

Upcoming events: VR, NAB & Khronos

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Upcoming Events

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

Linux Foundation Member Summit

November 19-21, Napa, CA, USA

NeurIPS

December 10-15, Vancouver, Canada

FOSDEM

February 1-2, Brussels, Belgium

 

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