Sofware and Development
This was the first year I attended Kernel Recipes and I have nothing but say how much I enjoyed it and how grateful I’m for the opportunity to talk more about kworkflow to very experienced kernel developers. What I mostly like about Kernel Recipes is its intimate format, with only one track and many moments to get closer to experts and people that you commonly talk online during your whole year.…
This week, I reviewed the last available version of the Linux KMS Color API . Specifically, I explored the proposed API by Harry Wentland and Alex Hung (AMD), their implementation for the AMD display driver and tracked the parallel efforts of Uma Shankar and Chaitanya Kumar Borah (Intel) in bringing this plane color management to life. With this API in place, compositors will be able to provide…
2025 was my first year at FOSDEM, and I can say it was an incredible experience where I met many colleagues from Igalia who live around the world, and also many friends from the Linux display stack who are part of my daily work and contributions to DRM/KMS. In addition, I met new faces and recognized others with whom I had interacted on some online forums and we had good and long conversations.…
XDC 2024 in Montreal was another fantastic gathering for the Linux Graphics community. It was again a great time to immerse in the world of graphics development, engage in stimulating conversations, and learn from inspiring developers. Many Igalia colleagues and I participated in the conference again, delivering multiple talks about our work on the Linux Graphics stack and also organizing the…
Hey everyone! The 2024 Linux Display Next hackfest concluded in May, and its outcomes continue to shape the Linux Display stack. Igalia hosted this year’s event in A Coruña, Spain, bringing together leading experts in the field. Samuel Iglesias and I organized this year’s edition and this blog post summarizes the experience and its fruits. One of the highlights of this year’s hackfest was the wide…