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: col.la/holocore

Building an Arch Linux aarch64 port for Holo Core

Explore the Holo Core aarch64 preview, with early binaries, sources, and containers for an Arch Linux-based Arm port backed by reproducible CI tooling.

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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 more: col.la/earthday26 #OpenXR #OpenSource

Making the invisible audible: Building an OpenXR experience for ocean protection

Collabora created a standalone XR experience for our 1% for the Planet partner, SOMAR, to showcase the effects of underwater noise pollution on marine life.

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Embedded video codecs and graphics are converging. At Linux Plumbers Conference 2026, Nicolas Dufresne will present When Embedded Codecs Meet Graphics in the LPC Refereed Track, covering Vulkan Video, Mesa, DRM memory management, and Linux codec support. Catch it live: lpc.events/event/20/con...

Linux Plumbers Conference 2026

The Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC) is a developer conference for the open source community. The LPC brings together the top developers working on the plumbing of Linux - kernel subsys...

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Kraid has hit an exciting milestone for the Panfrost driver stack: the new compiler now passes all 800,000 Vulkan CTS compute shader tests! 🎉 There is still work ahead on shader stages, code quality, and performance optimization, but this is a major step forward: col.la/kraidcompiler #Kraid

Kraid is a now a real compiler

Kraid now passes all 800,000 Vulkan CTS compute shader tests, marking a major milestone for the new Panfrost compiler as work continues on shader support and optimization.

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Speech recognition, local LLMs, and tool calling can now be composed through simple APIs. In this demo, we show a fully open source voice-powered AI pipeline controlling a computer locally. Watch the demo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV06... #llm #voicecontrol #opensource #machinelearning

Controlling your computer with voice locally

Open-source voice-powered Large Language Model pipeline to control any computer, on a complete open-source stack, running locally. Read more:…

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What would it take to bring Mesa’s open source Vulkan driver for AMD GPUs to Windows? RADV’s experimental Windows port is moving closer to real workloads, while highlighting a key challenge ahead: a stable interface to AMD’s proprietary kernel driver: col.la/portradv @vulkan.org #RADV #Mesa

Cracking Windows Open: Porting RADV to WIN32

RADV’s experimental Windows port explores bringing Mesa’s open source Vulkan driver for AMD GPUs to real workloads while outlining the path toward stable support.

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Kudos to Walter Lozano for a great walkthrough of what’s new in Apertis v2026! If you caught his talk or want to continue the conversation around Apertis, Debian, or embedded systems, Walter will be around for the rest of DebConf26. Come say hello! #DebConf26 #Debian #DebConf #Apertis

Software Bills of Materials are increasingly important for licensing, security, and compliance, especially in embedded systems. Starting in 15 minutes at DebConf26, catch our talk exploring how Debian tooling can help generate SBOMs and support transparent software supply chains: col.la/debconf26

From Apertis to SBOMs: Debian development at DebConf 2026

Join us next week at DebConf 2026 for our two talks on Apertis and Debian tooling!

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Interested in Apertis? Catch the latest findings from Walter Lozano's talk kicking off in a few minutes at DebConf! www.collabora.com/news-and-blo... #DebConf26 #Debian #DebConf #Apertis

From Apertis to SBOMs: Debian development at DebConf 2026

Join us next week at DebConf 2026 for our two talks on Apertis and Debian tooling!

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Modern display pipelines need accurate color, better debugging, and efficient use of hardware. Weston 16 helps move that work forward with expanded HDR and color management support, improved Perfetto tracing, DRM backend optimizations, and new protocol and renderer capabilities: col.la/weston16

Weston 16: HDR-ready, improved debugging, and DRM backend features

Weston 16 brings expanded HDR and color management support, improved debugging, DRM backend optimizations, and new protocol and renderer capabilities.

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OpenXR is shaping cross-platform XR, but true portability takes more than targeting a single API. This talk explores runtime architecture, spatial entities, extension support, and the work needed to make XR experiences run across devices and platforms: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhZR... #XR #OpenXR

OpenXR Deep Dive: From Runtime Architecture to Spatial Computing by Frédéric Plourde

OpenXR is the foundation for cross-platform XR, but real interoperability requires more than targeting a single API. As XR platforms diversify, developers are seeing that conformance, runtime…

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We've been working with @valvesoftware.com on Holo Core, a pure aarch64 port of Arch Linux, built to run on Steam Frame. Arch has no official aarch64 support and no CI infra of its own, so we built both. First public preview (binaries, sources, containers) is out now! col.la/holocore #ArchLinux

Building an Arch Linux aarch64 port for Holo Core

Explore the Holo Core aarch64 preview, with early binaries, sources, and containers for an Arch Linux-based Arm port backed by reproducible CI tooling.

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Weston 16 expands HDR and color management support, improves Perfetto debugging and DRM backend performance, and adds new protocol and renderer capabilities for more efficient and flexible Wayland compositor development. col.la/weston16 #Weston #Wayland #LinuxGraphics #OpenSource

Weston 16: HDR-ready, improved debugging, and DRM backend features

Weston 16 brings expanded HDR and color management support, improved debugging, DRM backend optimizations, and new protocol and renderer capabilities.

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🔧 Mainline Linux is getting NPU support for the Rockchip RK3576, thanks to serious reverse-engineering work by Ga Hing Woo (the chip's TRM doesn't even document the compute registers involved)! 👇 (1/3)

Git 2.55 landed with parallel config-based hooks, and it's a feature our own Adrian Ratiu helped design and upstream 🎉 GitHub's release roundup covers the highlights: github.blog/open-source/.... For the deeper dive on how it works (and what's next), see our post: www.collabora.com/news-and-blo...

Highlights from Git 2.55

The open source Git project just released Git 2.55. Here is GitHub’s look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.

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Next week we'll be in Santa Fe, Argentina, for DebConf 2026! Catch our 2 talks covering the latest Apertis developments and toolkits in Debian. col.la/debconf26 #DebConf26 #Debian #DebConf #Apertis

From Apertis to SBOMs: Debian development at DebConf 2026

Join us next week at DebConf 2026 for our two talks on Apertis and Debian tooling!

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The first release candidate for Wayland 1.26 is out, with numerous stability and quality-of-life improvements from across the community. Coming soon: Weston 16, with a lot of fun. www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland... #Wayland #OpenSource

Wayland 1.26 RC1 Released With New Event To Help Ensure Correct Pointer Coordinates

In addition to Weston 16 nearing release and its release candidate out today, the Wayland 1.26 release candidate was just issued with a few notable changes on top of the more typical bug fixing.

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AI development is shifting from building models from scratch to connecting powerful capabilities through APIs. With speech recognition, language models, and tool execution now easier to compose, developers can turn complex ideas into useful applications with far less effort: col.la/aiapi #LocalAI

The power of APIs: The unsung hero of AI interface

AI is becoming easier to build with as complex capabilities turn into APIs developers can quickly connect.

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A new foundation for the Panfrost compiler stack. Kraid is a Rust-based compiler designed to modernize Mali GPU support with a cleaner IR, improved register allocation, hardware testing, and a more flexible path for future development. Learn more: col.la/kraid #Kraid #Panfrost #Mesa3D #MaliGPU

Kraid: A new compiler for Panfrost

Introducing Kraid, a new Rust-based compiler for Panfrost designed to modernize Mali GPU support with a cleaner IR, better register allocation, and improved hardware testing.

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Meet Kraid: a new Rust-based compiler for Panfrost, built to modernize Mali GPU support with a cleaner IR, better register allocation, hardware testing, and a more flexible foundation for the future. col.la/kraid #Kraid #Panfrost #Mesa3D #MaliGPU #OpenSourceGraphics

Kraid: A new compiler for Panfrost

Introducing Kraid, a new Rust-based compiler for Panfrost designed to modernize Mali GPU support with a cleaner IR, better register allocation, and improved hardware testing.

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Together with Toradex, we’re bringing Edge AI closer to the hardware. At Embedded World, Collabora’s Guy Lunardi showcases our TI AM69 NPU enablement work, powered by Toradex hardware and Torizon OS, advancing Edge AI closer to production-ready deployment: 🎥 www.toradex.com/videos/colla...

Collabora Edge AI on TI AM69 with Toradex | Torizon

Learn how Collabora enables Edge AI on TI AM69 using Toradex hardware and Torizon for fast, scalable local AI inference.

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Tyr is taking another step toward real Vulkan workloads on Mali CSF GPUs. Beyond booting the MCU firmware, the Rust-based driver is now building out the group, queue, VM, submission, and completion paths needed to make GPU workloads run. Read more: col.la/tyrcsf #Tyr #Rustlang #GPU #OpenSource

Building Tyr in Rust: CSF architecture and booting the MCU

How Tyr maps Vulkan submissions onto Mali CSF groups, queues, firmware interfaces, and GPU execution.

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Join us tomorrow for our low-latency ML video analytics demo on the Ryzen AI Max 300 Series at the AMD Embedded Computing Summit! 📊 ⚽️ See you in Eindhoven! col.la/amdsummit26 #AMD #EmbeddedComputing #EdgeAI #RyzenAI #MachineLearning

AMD Embedded Computing Summit 2026 in Eindhoven

Join us in Eindhoven to see our low-latency ML video analytics demo on the AMD Ryzen AI Max 300 Series.

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Linux kernel 7.1 brings improvements across filesystems, networking, scheduling, graphics, Rust, and hardware enablement, with Collabora contributing 65 patches from 16 engineers across Panthor, DRM, Rockchip, MediaTek, and driver fixes across the kernel: col.la/lx71 #LinuxKernel #EmbeddedLinux

Kernel 7.1: Graphics, Rust, and SoC Improvements

16 of Collabora's engineers contributed to the latest Kernel 7.1 release, spanning graphics, Rust, Rockchip, and more!

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Flipper Devices was in Nice for Embedded Recipes last month, showing off the first public hands-on of the #FlipperOne at our table. While there, founder Pavel Zhovner also gave this great interview on the Flipper One's architecture and what's next. 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ3-... 📰 col.la/flipper

Pavel Zhovner answers all Your Flipper One Questions!

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Next week we'll be in Long Beach, California, for AWE USA 2026. Catch our talk exploring OpenXR, from its practical foundation for cross-platform XR interoperability, to its extension support across devices, and more! col.la/aweusa26 #AWE2026 #XR #AR #OpenXR #SpatialComputing @awexr.com

Making OpenXR Spatial at AWE USA 2026

Join us at AWE USA 2026 to catch our talk on the evolving ecosystem of OpenXR!

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We're #hiring! Several open roles for #OpenSource engineers: 🔲 GPU Consultant Engineer 🐧 Linux Kernel Consultant 🔊 Linux Audio Consultant Engineer ⚙️ Platform Engineering Consultant Remote/anywhere · Full-time · Upstream-first culture since 2005 🐧 → www.collabora.com/careers #Linux #RemoteWork

Bluetooth qualification for Linux-based products can be complex, but new upstream BlueZ documentation helps bring the key details together. Supported profiles, test requirements, software versions, and manual steps are now easier to navigate in one place: col.la/bluezdoc #BlueZ #BlueTooth #Linux

Simplifying Bluetooth qualification for Linux/BlueZ: New upstream documentation

New BlueZ documentation streamlines Bluetooth qualification for Linux products with profile support, test requirements, versions, and manual steps.

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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 and how #Monado is helping provide an open source foundation for XR runtimes across the industry: metaverse-podcast.de/e130-openxr-... #XR

E130 - What's up, OpenXR? with Frédéric Plourde

Podcast for XR, AI Glasses, Smart Glasses, Spatial Computing and the Metaverse since 2021, hosted by German tech-journalist Thomas Riedel. This interview was originally sourced during my coverage of…

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New "KRAID" Compiler Merged To Mesa For Panfrost/PanVK Drivers www.phoronix.com/news/KRAID-M... #PanVK #Panfrost #Mesa #OpenSource

New "KRAID" Compiler Merged To Mesa For Panfrost/PanVK Drivers

As a follow-up to the article last week about KRAID as a new compiler for modern Arm Mali graphics, that initial code has now been merged to Mesa 26.2 for benefiting the Panfrost and PanVK…

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