Where to meet Linaro this season: SFSCON, SC26, and our October engineering lineup

The October edition of the Linaro newsletter is here!

This month brings a wealth of deep technical contributions and upcoming conference appearances. From taking the stage with a keynote and technical sessions at SFSCON 2026 in Bolzano to upstream kernel enhancements and firmware predictability guides, here is where you can connect with Linaro innovation.

🇮🇹 Linaro at SFSCON 2026 in Bolzano, Italy

We are excited to participate in SFSCON 2026 (South Tyrol Free Software Conference) with three featured presentations, including a keynote address:

• Keynote: Sovereign AI in Production - Blueprint for a Globally Distributed Dev Team with Davide Ricci [13.11.26 @11am];

• The Cyber Resilience Act Is Here: What It Means for Open Source with Joe Sandom [13.11.26 @11:40am];

• From QNX to Linux / Zephyr: Co-existence and Migration via VirtIO and Waydroid with Stefan Schmidt [13.11.26 @12PM].

You can register for the conference here. Come and connect with the experts.

🔐Watch On Demand: A Practical Path to CRA Compliance

Did you miss our live webinar covering the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)? The full recording and presentation materials are available and ready for you to re-watch.

Our panel broke down practical compliance roadmaps for products already deployed in the field, including Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs), vulnerability tracking, and lifetime product support.

👉 Watch the recording here.

🎮 Valve Launches Steam Frame

Huge congratulations to Valve on the official launch of the Steam Frame! Linaro is proud to have supported open source Linux development for this milestone gaming release. For 15 years, we have brought companies and communities together to optimise Linux across the Arm ecosystem, and we are thrilled to continue empowering Linux on Arm devices. Read the full release here.

New Blogs Available

Linaro's Contributions to Linux 7.3

The latest Linux 7.3 release brings substantial platform advancements and performance enhancements driven by Linaro engineers.

📖Read the full breakdown here.

UEFI Debug Support Protocol: Predictable Early Firmware Debugging

In this new blog, we examine how the UEFI Debug Support Protocol brings predictability to early stage firmware development. Discover how standardized debugging interfaces enable engineers to intercept early exceptions and diagnose low level issues before the operating system initializes.

📖Read the full blog here.

Hardware Testing: 15 Years of Real Device CI

Tired of flaky test runs on physical boards? In our recent blog post, we share lessons from 15 years of continuous integration across thousands of Linux builds, highlighting how the Linaro Automation Architecture (LAA) eliminates false test results and keeps hardware testbeds reliable.

📖Read the quick guide here.

Display Tech: Evolution of the Linux Graphics Stack

Interested in modern display pipelines? In this quick read, Rui Silva looks into how display architectures are modernizing upstream, tackling complex hardware panels, and evolving Direct Rendering Manager frameworks.

📖Read the full blog here.

KernelCI Testing: Connect Labgrid Labs Without Running LAVA

Want to contribute hardware capacity to KernelCI using the Labgrid setups you already have? Here we explain how the Linaro Automation Appliance (LAA) allows existing Labgrid testbeds to run KernelCI jobs directly.

📖Read the full blog here.

🚀 Upcoming Event: Linaro Forge at SC26

Heading to Supercomputing 2026 (SC26) in Chicago from November 16th to 20th?

Connect directly with our High Performance Computing team to see Linaro Forge in action. Discover how our profiling and debugging tool suites empower developers to optimize parallel code and get an insider look at our latest updates and upcoming roadmap items, including a sneak peek at exciting agentic workflows using Forge tools.

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