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Press release: Collabora Brings Wayland...

May 23, 2013 by Guy Lunardi  |   News and Events

Press release: Collabora Brings Wayland...

Collabora custom ARM hardware build farm

April 26, 2013 by Vince Sanders  |   Blog

Collabora recently had a problem with a project's ARM build farm. In a nice change of pace it was not that the kernel was crashing, nor indeed any of the software or hardware.

Collabora custom ARM hardware build farm

Another NetSurf Developer Workshop

November 05, 2012 by Vince Sanders  |   Blog

The weekend saw some of the NetSurf developers gather once again to do battle against the Red Queen...no, wait. I mean plan and write code.

Another NetSurf Developer Workshop

Linux kernel presentation

May 24, 2012 by Vince Sanders  |   Blog

Recently I was asked to present a short introduction to the Linux kernel for our project managers. I put together a short slide deck for the presentation which I have decided to share.

Linux kernel presentation

WhisperSpeech: Exploring new horizons in text-to-speech tech

September 13, 2023 by Jakub Piotr Clapa  |   Blog

Text-to-speech (TTS) models are playing a transformative role, from enriching audiobooks to enhancing podcasts and even improving interactions with chatbots. Meet WhisperSpeech, an Open Source text-to-speech model developed by Collabora.

WhisperSpeech: Exploring new horizons in text-to-speech tech

Bridging IIO and Input in Linux

August 21, 2023 by Eugen Hristev  |   Blog

In Linux, the Industrial Input/Output subsystem manages devices like Analog to Digital Converters, Light sensors, accelerometers, etc. On the other hand, the Input subsystem handles keyboards, mice, touchscreens, and any device that has a human interface.

Bridging IIO and Input in Linux

Pushing testing laboratory performance limits by benchmarking LAVA - Part 1

August 10, 2023 by Paweł Wieczorek  |   Blog

Collabora's main testing laboratory has grown to automate testing on over 150 devices of about 30 different types. The lab receives job submissions from several CI systems, e.g. KernelCI, MesaCI, and Apertis QA.

Pushing testing laboratory performance limits by benchmarking LAVA - Part 1

Persian Rug - It really ties the Rust room together

August 09, 2023 by Edmund Smith  |   Blog

Rust is a modern language known for its memory safety, efficiency, and wide range of high-level features. But many beginners also run into something else in Rust: how surprisingly difficult it is to represent some common designs.

Persian Rug - It really ties the Rust room together

Triple Threat: The Power of Transcription, Summary, and Translation

August 03, 2023 by Marcus Edel  |   Blog

At Collabora, we're committed to bringing people together. That's why we're pushing state-of-the-art machine-learning techniques like Large Language Models, Speech Recognition, and Speech-Synthesis techniques.

Triple Threat: The Power of Transcription, Summary, and Translation

Booting on Radxa's Rock-5B without any media used

July 31, 2023 by Eugen Hristev  |   Blog

I have been working on getting U-boot upstream up to speed for the Radxa Rock-5B Rockchip RK3588 board. One of the cool features that I recently published upstream is the ability to boot the board without any kind of non-volatile media (NVM) used.

Booting on Radxa's Rock-5B without any media used

Radxa's Rock 5A one step closer to U-boot mainline

July 18, 2023 by Eugen Hristev  |   Blog

I previously talked about getting the bigger brother Rock 5B into mainline U-boot; this time I worked on the Rock 5A, an even tinier SBC based on Rockchip's RK3588S SoC that is one step closer to getting accepted.

Radxa's Rock 5A one step closer to U-boot mainline

A roadmap for VirtIO Video on Chrome OS, part 1

June 20, 2023 by Daniel Almeida  |   Blog

Powered by Rust, the video codec stack on ARCVM is now bringing faster and more reliable video decoding on Chrome OS. Here's how Collabora has been helping shape video virtualization for Chromebooks, and what it means for end users.

A roadmap for VirtIO Video on Chrome OS, part 1

WirePlumber's Event Dispatcher: a new, simplified way of handling PipeWire events

June 15, 2023 by Ashok Sidipotu  |   Blog

Event Dispatcher, part of the upcoming WirePlumber 0.5 release, is a custom PipeWire event scheduling mechanism designed to address many of the fundamental issues in WirePlumber.

WirePlumber's Event Dispatcher: a new, simplified way of handling PipeWire events

MLfix to quickly fix datasets

June 08, 2023 by Vineet Suryan  |   Blog

Contrary to traditional software development, data is more important than code in machine learning. Building a high-performing model requires using reliable, precisely labelled data but poor-quality data is not always obvious.

MLfix to quickly fix datasets

USB 3.0 preliminary support in U-boot for Radxa Rock-5B

May 31, 2023 by Eugen Hristev  |   Blog

A while back I presented USB 2.0 host support that was added to U-boot for the Radxa Rock-5B RK3588 Rockchip board. This time, USB 3.0 was added with support for the host and gadget.

USB 3.0 preliminary support in U-boot for Radxa Rock-5B

Radxa Rock-5B PCIe and RTL8125B networking in U-boot

May 18, 2023 by Eugen Hristev  |   Blog

Work continues on the Radxa ROCK5B RK388, as PCIe and RTL8125B networking support in U-boot have now been added. Publishing code as Open Source can benefit many different other projects, and allows anyone to benefit.

Radxa Rock-5B PCIe and RTL8125B networking in U-boot

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

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

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!

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

Event: IBC 2014

August 13, 2014 by Guy Lunardi  |   News and Events

Amsterdam, The Netherlands September 12-16, 2014: the essential global meeting place for everyone engaged in creating, managing and delivering the future of electronic media and entertainment technology and content. Collabora booth #8.B38c

Event: IBC 2014

Event: SIGGRAPH 2014

August 11, 2014 by Guy Lunardi  |   News and Events

Vancouver, Canada August 12-14, 2014: SIGGRAPH, visit ARM at Booth #933 in the Mobile Pavilion to meet with Collabora. SIGGRAPH attracts 20,000 international attendees from across the globe and many creative and technical disciplines. It is the only…

Event: SIGGRAPH 2014

News: In Cambridge, England 2014

August 05, 2014 by Guy Lunardi  |   News and Events

Cambridge, England August 5-8, 2014: With so many silicon vendors and OEMs visiting Cambridge England, August 5-8 transforms the univeristy town into the world's center of innovation for one week. Cambridge in August attracts international leaders in…

News: In Cambridge, England 2014

News: Raspberry Pi Today Interview

July 17, 2014 by Guy Lunardi  |   News and Events

Raspberry Pi Today interviews Collabora's Daniel Stone about Collabora and the Raspberry Pi Foundation's work on Wayland and WebKit.

News: Raspberry Pi Today Interview

Event: Automotive Linux Summit

June 19, 2014 by Guy Lunardi  |   News and Events

Tokyo, Japan July 1-2, 2014: The Automotive Linux Summit will bring together the most innovative minds from automotive expertise and open-source excellence.

Event: Automotive Linux Summit

News: New Collabora website launches

June 19, 2014 by Guy Lunardi  |   News and Events

Collabora introduces our new brand and logo

News: New Collabora website launches

Press release: Collabora Brings Wayland...

May 23, 2013 by Guy Lunardi  |   News and Events

Press release: Collabora Brings Wayland...

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