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Steam Frame is helping bring Arch Linux further into the Arm ecosystem.
Collabora’s work with Valve on Holo Core is now available as an early preview, including aarch64 packages, sources, and development containers for developers to start testing the path toward SteamOS 3 on the new platform.
Arch Linux on Arm64, backed by real hardware work. ⚙️
For Steam Frame, Collabora has been helping Valve build Holo Core: the Arm64 foundation needed for SteamOS 3 on this new platform.
The first preview is now available with binaries, sources, and a development container, giving developers an early path to test, build, and follow the work as it evolves.
Open graphics work keeps crossing platform boundaries.
With Valve supporting our experimental RADV-on-Windows work, Collabora is exploring how Mesa’s open source Vulkan driver for AMD GPUs can run beyond Linux, with Counter-Strike 2 already working as an early milestone.
Kraid has hit an exciting milestone for the Panfrost driver stack: the new compiler now passes all Vulkan CTS compute shader tests! 🎉
There is still work ahead on additional shader stages, code quality, and performance optimization, but this is a major step forward for the compiler.
https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/kraid-is-a-now-a-real-compiler.html
RADV on Windows is getting attention for good reason.
With Valve supporting our work to bring Mesa’s open source Vulkan driver for AMD GPUs beyond Linux, the effort points to what a shared driver codebase could unlock: easier debugging, faster fixes, and more collaboration across platforms.
#RADV #Mesa3D #Vulkan #OpenSourceGraphics #GPUDrivers #OpenSource
MediaTek Genio IoT support keeps moving upstream.
Together with MediaTek, we’re expanding enablement across the Genio family, from HDMI 2.0 support on existing boards to continued Linux progress for Genio 520 and 720, and Genio Pro 5100 work extending into U-Boot and Trusted Firmware-A.
Linux kernel 7.2 brings broad updates across the core kernel, Rust, and hardware support.
Collabora engineers contributed 102 patches this cycle, spanning graphics, media, virtualization, networking, power management, SoC enablement, and more.
Explore our team’s contributions: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/kernel-7.2-rk3588-media,-smarter-gpu-memory,-and-rust-foundations.html
NVK Vulkan Video Merged For Mesa 26.3
A new kernel release, another round of upstream work. 🐧
For Linux 7.2, Collabora engineers contributed 102 patches across graphics, media, virtualization, networking, power management, SoC enablement, Rust, and more.
Explore the highlights: collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/kernel-7.2-rk3588-media,-smarter-gpu-memory,-and-rust-foundations.html
From HDMI 2.0 support to boot stack enablement, the MediaTek Genio IoT family continues to gain stronger upstream foundations. 🚀
Our work with MediaTek spans existing Genio boards, Linux progress for Genio 520 and 720, and Genio Pro 5100 enablement extending into U-Boot and Trusted Firmware-A.
Tyr’s Rust GPU kernel driver work is moving another major piece into place: memory management.
From VM binding and GPUVM to GEM-backed buffers and firmware boot, the latest progress brings key pieces upstream and sets the stage for tackling synchronization next.
Steam Frame bringt Bewegung in die Arm64-Welt von Arch Linux.
Mit Holo Core entsteht ein erster aarch64-Port von Arch Linux. Collabora unterstützt Valve dabei, die Tooling- und CI-Infrastruktur für reproduzierbare Builds auf der neuen Plattform aufzubauen.
Mehr erfahren: https://www.linux-magazin.de/news/collabora-portiert-arch-linux-fuer-die-arm64-plattform-von-steam/
Big news! We've partnered with Flipper to build an open Linux platform for the Flipper One, powered by the Rockchip RK3576. Hardware hackers, this one's for you! 🛠️
https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/collabora-flipper-opening-up-the-rk3576.html
#Linux #OpenSource #EmbeddedLinux #RK3576 #Rockchip #HardwareHacking #FlipperOne #FOSS
The first public preview of Holo Core for aarch64 is here!
Developed with Valve for Steam Frame, this work brings Arch Linux to an architecture it does not officially support, backed by new tooling and CI infrastructure for reproducible rolling-release builds.
Explore the binaries, sources, and containers: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/building-an-arch-linux-aarch64-port-for-holo-core.html
Tyr is moving beyond MCU firmware boot and closer to real Vulkan workloads on Mali CSF GPUs.
The implementation now builds out the group, queue, VM, submission, and completion paths needed to make GPU execution possible in the Rust-based driver.
RADV sur Windows avance.
Avec le soutien de Valve, Collabora travaille à porter RADV, le pilote Vulkan open source de Mesa pour les GPU AMD, au-delà de Linux. Le projet reste expérimental, mais Counter-Strike 2 fonctionne déjà avec RADV sous Windows. 🎮
Now at @embeddedrecipes@fosstodon.org, the very first hands-on demo of the Flipper One!
Read more about our collaboration with Flipper! 🛠️
https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/collabora-flipper-opening-up-the-rk3576.html
#Linux #OpenSource #EmbeddedLinux #RK3576 #Rockchip #HardwareHacking #FlipperOne #FOSS
Embedded video codecs and graphics are getting closer together.
At Linux Plumbers Conference 2026, @ndufresne@fosstodon.org will present When Embedded Codecs Meet Graphics as part of the LPC Refereed Track, exploring how Vulkan Video, Mesa, and DRM memory management could help modernize codec support in Linux.
Catch it live in Prague: https://lpc.events/event/20/contributions/2354/
ICYMI: After more than five years of development and collaboration across the Open Source community, initial mainline Linux support for Rockchip RK3588’s video capture hardware has landed. 📹️
It is a major milestone for upstream camera support on the platform, with full ISP support coming next!
This walkthrough demystifies Mesa NIR’s memory optimization pipeline, including SSA promotion, deref analysis, copy propagation, and store elimination, and shows how it reduces memory traffic to boost GPU performance.
https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2026/05/07/optimizing-memory-access-in-nir/
#Mesa #NIR #ShaderCompiler #GPUDrivers #GraphicsDev #ShaderOptimization #Vulkan #OpenSource
Kraid is laying new groundwork for the Panfrost compiler stack.
Built in Rust, the compiler is designed to modernize Mali GPU support with a cleaner IR, improved register allocation, hardware testing, and a more flexible path for future development.
https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/kraid-a-new-compiler-for-panfrost.html
Speech recognition, local LLMs, and tool calling can now be combined into practical applications through simple APIs.
In this demo, we explore a fully open source voice-powered AI pipeline that can control a computer locally, showing how powerful AI capabilities can be composed into useful developer workflows.
Watch the demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV06pc5s72I
Embedded Week in Nice continues with Yocto Dev Day, libcamera & PipeWire meetups, and the Display Next Hackfest! 🔥
#Embedded @embeddedrecipes@fosstodon.org @yoctoproject@fosstodon.org @pipewire@fosstodon.org @libcamera@floss.social @XOrgFoundation@floss.social #OpenSource
After three full days of discussions, Day 3 at the Display Next Hackfest in Nice is dedicated to pushing through changes. What better companion than a 1995 classic? 💻🎬
And we're off! Linux Media Summit kicks off Embedded Week in Nice!
Immersive technology can help make hidden environmental challenges easier to understand.
For SOMAR, our 1% for the Planet partner, we built a standalone OpenXR experience that shows how underwater noise pollution affects marine fauna. 🐋
Read how OpenXR is helping bring ocean conservation challenges to life: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2026/04/22/making-the-invisible-audible-building-an-openxr-experience-for-ocean-protection/
Collabora’s contributions to Git 2.54 (and the upcoming 2.55) bring config-based hooks with better visibility, opt-in parallel hook execution, and safer submodule handling through path-collision fixes.
Check out the new features: https://col.la/git254
#EmbeddedWeek: Scenes from the 2026 #GStreamer Spring Hackfest in full swing at Le Labo in Nice.
Back for Day 2 of workshops & hackfests part of #EmbeddedWeek, featuring Display Next, #PipeWire, #BlueZ & #GStreamer!
New upstream BlueZ documentation helps simplify Bluetooth qualification for Linux-based products by mapping supported profiles, test requirements, software versions, and manual steps in one place.
What’s next for OpenXR?
On the latest Spatial Realities Podcast, our very own Frédéric Plourde joins the conversation to discuss how OpenXR has evolved, where the standard is heading, and how Monado is helping provide an open source foundation for XR runtimes across the industry.
Listen to the episode: https://metaverse-podcast.de/e130-openxr-with-frederic-plourde/
New "KRAID" Compiler Merged To Mesa For Panfrost/PanVK Drivers
Interested in learning more about #PipeWire? Join us at the PipeWire Hackfest, co-located with Embedded Recipes, at the end of May in Nice, France!
Perfect chance to collaborate on that feature you've been thinking about, get help with tricky bugs, or just learn from others working on multimedia infrastructure.
👉 Register now: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/wikis/PipeWire-Hackfest-in-Nice---May-2026
#EmbeddedLinux @pipewire@fosstodon.org @embeddedrecipes@fosstodon.org
Vulkan 1.4.350 Released With Three New Extensions
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-1.4.350
Embedded Recipes 2026 has officially begun, watch live here: https://www.youtube.com/live/dFtNisipSY0
Embedded Week in Nice is back! Join us next week for the second standalone edition of Embedded Recipes, along with Linux Media Summit, PipeWire & libcamera workshops, GStreamer Spring Hackfest, and new Display Next Hackfest & BlueZ F2F. Visit our table for Tyr, ML video analytics & Flipper One prototype! 🎉
http://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/embedded-week-in-nice-is-back.html
#EmbeddedWeek #OpenSource #GStreamer #PipeWire #BlueZ #EmbeddedLinux #RustLang #FlipperOne @embeddedrecipes@fosstodon.org @pipewire@fosstodon.org @libcamera@floss.social @gstreamer@floss.social
Collabora brought Bluetooth Auracast broadcasting to MediaTek Genio 700 for Embedded World 2026. Here's the complete, fully Open Source setup featuring Debian, BlueZ, PipeWire, with all the code and configs from our live booth demo.
@pipewire@fosstodon.org #Debian #BlueZ #MediaTek #Genio #OpenSource #BlueTooth
Day 1 highlights from #XRExpo! The event wraps up today, so don't miss your chance to experience the latest in immersive tech & connect with the XR community. Hall 2, Booth 2C22! 🥽
Embedded Recipes: Tomeu Vizoso presenting "Four NPUs, One Stack, Zero Blobs: Edge AI Acceleration in Mainline", with a look at ongoing work on the #RK3576.
Linux Media Summit in one room, OpenEmbedded Developer Meetup in another, and tomorrow the main event begins, @embeddedrecipes@fosstodon.org! 🎉
BitNet-style ternary quantization is helping bring smaller, more bandwidth-efficient LLMs to ExecuTorch through its Vulkan backend, with portable GPU execution for edge devices where performance and memory matter.
Explore the technical details presented at PyTorch Conference Europe 2026: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2026/04/17/bringing-bitnet-to-executorch-via-vulkan/
Wayland Developers Target June For Weston 16 Release
Join us at XR EXPO 2026! Collabora is showcasing #Monado and #ElectricMaple in Stuttgart today & tomorrow, stop by Hall 2, booth 2C22, to see what we've been building and chat with our team!
Back for Day 2 at @embeddedrecipes@fosstodon.org! Watch live here, and join the Matrix space to ask questions!
🚀 Embedded Week starts tomorrow! Day 1 kicks off with Linux Media Summit, diving deep into the future of media frameworks and V4L2 development.
Throughout the week: workshops, hackfests, and face-to-face collaboration across the embedded Linux ecosystem. Stop by our table at Embedded Recipes to see Tyr, ML video analytics, and the Flipper One prototype in action!
#EmbeddedWeek #LinuxMediaSummit #OpenSource #EmbeddedLinux #V4L2 #MediaFrameworks
What happens when XR is used to make the invisible audible?
For SOMAR, our 1% for the Planet partner, we built a standalone OpenXR experience that helps people understand the impact of underwater noise pollution on marine fauna. 🐬
Discover how immersive technology is supporting ocean conservation: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2026/04/22/making-the-invisible-audible-building-an-openxr-experience-for-ocean-protection/
Scenes from a busy #ICLR2026 in Rio de Janeiro! We're excited to be connecting with researchers & exploring the latest advances in ML! 🇧🇷
