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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

Raspberry Pi custom box design.

July 16, 2014 by Vince Sanders  |   Blog

It is no great secret that my colleagues at Collabora have been doing work with the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

Raspberry Pi custom box design.

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

NetSurf Developer Workshop Redux

January 06, 2014 by Vince Sanders  |   Blog

Once again the NetSurf developers congregated in Cambridge at the Collabora offices where we were made welcome in a nice environment for the event.

NetSurf Developer Workshop Redux

2D graphics Wayland/Weston optimizations on the Raspberry Pi

May 23, 2013 by Collabora  |  

Enhancing the graphic software stack for the Raspberry Pi.

2D graphics Wayland/Weston optimizations on the Raspberry Pi

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

Mesa CI and the power of pre-merge testing

October 08, 2024 by Deborah Brouwer  |   Blog

Having multiple developers work on pre-merge testing distributes the process and ensures that every contribution is rigorously tested before merging.

Mesa CI and the power of pre-merge testing

A shifty tale about unit testing with Maxwell, NVK's backend compiler

August 15, 2024 by Faith Ekstrand  |   Blog

After rigorous debugging, a new unit testing framework was added to the backend compiler for NVK. This is a walkthrough of the steps taken to achieve this.

A shifty tale about unit testing with Maxwell, NVK's backend compiler

A journey towards reliable testing in the Linux Kernel

August 01, 2024 by Laura Nao  |   Blog

We're reflecting on the steps taken as we continually seek to improve Linux kernel integration. This will include more detail about the tests used to enhance the quality of testing processes and coverage.

A journey towards reliable testing in the Linux Kernel

Building a Board Farm for Embedded World

June 27, 2024 by Christopher Obbard  |   Blog

With each board running a mainline-first Linux software stack and tested in a CI loop with the LAVA test framework, the Farm showcased Collabora's recent hardware enablement and Continuous integration (CI) efforts.

Building a Board Farm for Embedded World

Smart audio filters with WirePlumber 0.5

June 26, 2024 by Julian Bouzas  |   Blog

WirePlumber 0.5 arrived recently with many new and essential features including the Smart Filter Policy, enabling audio filters to automatically insert themselves in between client streams and devices.

Smart audio filters with WirePlumber 0.5

The latest on cmtp-responder, a permissively-licensed MTP responder implementation

June 12, 2024 by Andrzej Pietrasiewicz  |   Blog

Part 3 of the cmtp-responder series with a focus on USB gadgets explores several new elements including a unified build environment with Docker and an example strategy for building and deploying to a target.

The latest on cmtp-responder, a permissively-licensed MTP responder implementation

A roadmap for VirtIO Video on ChromeOS: part 3

June 06, 2024 by Daniel Almeida  |   Blog

The final installment of a series explaining how Collabora is helping shape the video virtualization story for Chromebooks with a focus on the future plans for cros-libva and cros-codecs.

A roadmap for VirtIO Video on ChromeOS: part 3

Hacking on the PipeWire GStreamer elements

June 05, 2024 by George Kiagiadakis  |   Blog

Last week I attended the GStreamer spring hackfest in Thessaloniki to work on the PipeWire GStreamer elements and connect with the community.

Hacking on the PipeWire GStreamer elements

Transforming speech technology with WhisperLive

May 28, 2024 by Kara Bembridge  |   Blog

The world of AI has made leaps and bounds from what It once was, but there are still some adjustments required for the optimal outcome. With the help of WhisperLive, VoxAI was able to improve its response time and oratory abilities.

Transforming speech technology with WhisperLive

Re-converging control flow on NVIDIA GPUs - What went wrong, and how we fixed it

April 25, 2024 by Faith Ekstrand  |   Blog

While I managed to land support for two extensions, implementing control flow re-convergence in NVK did not go as planned. This is the story of what went wrong and how we fixed it.

Re-converging control flow on NVIDIA GPUs - What went wrong, and how we fixed it

Automatic regression handling and reporting for the Linux Kernel

March 14, 2024 by Ricardo Cañuelo Navarro  |   Blog

In continuation with our series about Kernel Integration we'll go into more detail about how regression detection, processing, and tracking can be improved to provide a better service to developers and maintainers.

Automatic regression handling and reporting for the Linux Kernel

Almost a fully open-source boot chain for Rockchip's RK3588!

February 21, 2024 by Eugen Hristev  |   Blog

Now included in our Debian images & available via our GitLab, you can build a complete, working BL31 (Boot Loader stage 3.1), and replace the closed binary blob with an open-source binary that anyone can compile.

Almost a fully open-source boot chain for Rockchip's RK3588!

Release: libnice 0.1.14

April 03, 2017 by Mark Filion  |   News and Events

Today, Olivier Crête, libnice maintainer and Collabora Multimedia Lead, announced the availability of libnice 0.1.14, the latest release of the NAT traversal library implementing the RFC for Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE).

Release: libnice 0.1.14

Collabora in Linux Format

March 22, 2017 by Mark Filion  |   News and Events

Check out the April issue (#222) of Linux Format magazine for our new monthly column on all things Open Source, including graphics, multimedia and more!

Collabora in Linux Format

Two weeks, four events!

March 07, 2017 by Mark Filion  |   News and Events

Over the next two weeks, Collaborans will be present at four different events across the globe. If you plan on attending at any of these conferences, please reach out and say hello!

Two weeks, four events!

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

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

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

Linux Plumbers Conference 2016

October 26, 2016 by Mark Filion  |   News and Events

Collabora is proud to be once again sponsoring the annual Linux Plumbers Conference, the developer conference that brings together the top developers working on the “plumbing” of Linux: kernel subsystems, core libraries, windowing systems, etc.

Linux Plumbers Conference 2016

GStreamer Conference 2016

October 07, 2016 by Mark Filion  |   News and Events

Collabora is proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of this year's GStreamer Conference, taking place at the Betahaus in Berlin, Germany on 10-11 October 2016. Come say hello, or catch one of the four presentations given by Collaborans during the conference!

GStreamer Conference 2016

Upcoming events - Fall 2016

September 19, 2016 by Mark Filion  |   News and Events

This fall, we're thrilled to be sponsoring not one, but five great conferences!

Upcoming events - Fall 2016

Event: IBC 2016

September 05, 2016 by Mark Filion  |   News and Events

Collabora will be exhibiting at IBC 2016, the premier annual event for professionals engaged in the creation, management and delivery of entertainment and news content worldwide.

Event: IBC 2016

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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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