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Ricardo Garcia
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Open Source Developer at Igalia. Gamer and FOSS enthusiast. He/Him. Opinions expressed here may not reflect the views of my employer.

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Now that this is publicly announced I can say it has been delightful to be part of the small team of contributors to FEX, bringing you x86 games to ARM64 hw - now integrated into the Steam Frame.
Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:

Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame. 

Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Hardware
The Steam Hardware family officially expands in early 2026.
steampowered.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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The Vulkanised 2026 program has been released!

The 2026 program includes keynote presentations & technical talks spanning a wide range of topics that matter to everyone using Vulkan

Explore the program and register today!
vulkan.org/events/vulka...
#vulkan #api #programming #gpu #raytracing
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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We're looking forward to the RISC-V Summit North America next week where Mikhail Gadelha (one of our compiler engineers) will be presenting "Unlocking 15% More Performance: A Case Study in LLVM Optimization for RISC-V". Be sure to catch his talk next Thurs

riscvsummit2025.sched.com/event/28OTp/...
October 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Linux v6.17 has been announced, here's what Igalia contributed to it...

www.igalia.com/2025/10/07/L...
Linux 6.17 Released | Igalia
Igalia is an open source consultancy specialised in the development of innovative projects and solutions. Our engineers have expertise in a wide range of technological areas, including browsers and cl...
www.igalia.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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“A threat model for accessibility on the web”
alice.boxhall.au/articles/a-t...

A deep, well-researched & cited piece detailing systemic failures down the web stack (standards bodies, browsers vendors, etc) which marginalize #accessibility and its voices — but with proposed solutions.

#a11y
A threat model for accessibility on the web - Alice
A explanation of the primary threat to accessibility on the web, and a call to action for the web standards community
alice.boxhall.au
October 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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October 2, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Igalia's @joyeecheung.bsky.social will be speaking about "Shipping Node.js packages in 2025,” focused on migrating dual/faux/CJS packages to ESM-only at Nordic.js on Friday, 3rd October at 10:30 CEST

nordicjs.com/2025/speaker...

Come say hi!
October 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Yesterday we said goodbye to #XDC2025 in Vienna. We'd like to thank the organizers and sponsors for making the event possible one more year, everyone who reached out to us during this fantastic conference, and the vibrant open source graphics community that continues to thrive! See you next year!
October 2, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Final day of #XDC2025! This fantastic event comes to an end today, but not before 2 igalians (Danylo Piliaiev and Christian Gmeiner) present talks you don't want to miss! Livestream and Matrix info: indico.freedesktop.org/event/10/pag...
October 1, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Second day of #XDC2025! We expect many interesting talks and hallway conversations, but don't miss our 2 workshops and lightning talk today with Eric Engestrom, Rodrigo Siqueira and Karmjit Mahil. Livestream and Matrix info: indico.freedesktop.org/event/10/pag...
September 30, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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First day of #XDC2025! The most important conference in #OpenSource graphics kicks off today in Vienna. We start strong, with 4 talks by 5 igalians and many more attending. Don't hesitate to reach out if you're around! Livestream and Matrix info: indico.freedesktop.org/event/10/pag...
September 29, 2025 at 5:31 AM
#XDC2025 here I come! ✈️
September 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Next week at XDC, there will be a half dozen sessions on the Vulkan API including tips and tricks for Vulkan Conformance Test Suite, KosmicKrisp - a Vulkan to Metal layered driver, and more. Check out all the Vulkan sessions: www.khronos.org/events/xdc-2...

#vulkan #api #KosmicKrisp #XDC #XDC2025
XDC 2025
Deploying and developing royalty-free open standards for 3D graphics, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Parallel Computing, Neural Networks, and Vision Processing
www.khronos.org
September 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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That's all folks! After three intensive days of sharing knowledge and recipes about the Linux kernel, the @kernelrecipes.bsky.social 2025 is over. It was amazing and we are already looking forward to next year. 👋
September 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Second day of @kernelrecipes.bsky.social 2025. Today at 11h40 CEST, come listen to Maíra Canal on "A Rusty Odyssey: A Timeline of Rust in the DRM Subsystem". You can also join this adventure remotely via live streaming at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7pZ...
September 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Igalia supports @kernelrecipes.bsky.social 2025, and here we are for the first day of knowledge sharing and fun chats! Don't forget today's talk by Melissa Wen at 10h50, "Kworkflow: Mix & Match Kernel Recipes End-to-End"
September 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Detailed description slide by slide of my @servo.org talk at GOSIM Hangzhou 2025 blogs.igalia.com/mrego/servo-...
Servo: A new web engine written in Rust
Detailed description slide by slide of my Servo talk at GOSIM Hangzhou 2025.
blogs.igalia.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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🚀 Our team is heading to #XDC2025 in Vienna! 7 talks + 2 workshops — excited to share, learn and talk about #OpenSource graphics. More info here: www.igalia.com/2025/09/18/I...
September 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.

They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
September 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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@kernelrecipes.bsky.social 2025 starts next week and Igalia will be there. On Mon (Sep 22), Melissa Wen will talk about "Kworkflow: Mix & Match Kernel Recipes End-to-End". On Tue (Sep 23), we'll embark on "A Rusty Odyssey: A Timeline of Rust in the DRM Subsystem" with Maíra Canal. Don't miss it!
September 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Got these ones yesterday at my local supermarket and paid in cash, because fuck Mastercard 🖕
August 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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When I started work on my @vulkan.org #Vulkan C++ samples almost 10 years ago I made some non-optimal decisions esp. around sync and command buffer recording. Finally fixed those and did a write-up with a small retrospective at www.saschawillems.de/blog/2025/08...
Fundamental Vulkan Samples rework
Fundamental Vulkan Samples rework (Sync, command buffers and more) Some history It’s been almost ten years since I started working on my open source C++ Vulkan samples. Never would I have imagined wha...
www.saschawillems.de
August 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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📝 Igalia News...

Linux 6.16 Released: Resets, colors, fixes and more - dozens of contributions from Igalia

www.igalia.com/2025/07/30/L...
Linux 6.16 Released: Resets, colors, fixes and more | Igalia
Igalia is an open source consultancy specialised in the development of innovative projects and solutions. Our engineers have expertise in a wide range of technological areas, including browsers and cl...
www.igalia.com
July 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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let me remind you that we keep track of the
@vulkan.org Video extension developments in

vulkan-video-status.igalia.com

cc: @igalia.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Quick PSA on that my colleagues Patrick and Georges from @igalia.com will present 2 talks tomorrow (July 24th) on the first day of #GUADEC:

* "GNOME Live Streaming & Outreach: 6 Years Later": 9:40 AM CEST

* "State of libsoup": 12:30 PM CEST

See events.gnome.org/event/259/ti... for details
GUADEC 2025
Welcome to GUADEC 2025 GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a week of talks and wor...
events.gnome.org
July 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM