--- title: Collabora contributions to Linux Kernel 4.4 | daily.dev description: Linux Kernel 4.4 was released with 38 patches contributed by 8 Collabora engineers, marking the highest number of Collabora developers ever involved in a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/collabora-contributions-to-linux-kernel-4-4-7lsyb9ugy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Collabora contributions to Linux Kernel 4.4 | daily.dev og:description: Linux Kernel 4.4 was released with 38 patches contributed by 8 Collabora engineers, marking the highest number of Collabora developers ever involved in a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/collabora-contributions-to-linux-kernel-4-4-7lsyb9ugy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7LsYb9ugY.png og:image:alt: Collabora contributions to Linux Kernel 4.4 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Collabora contributions to Linux Kernel 4.4 **[Collabora Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/collabora)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Linux Kernel 4.4 was released with 38 patches contributed by 8 Collabora engineers, marking the highest number of Collabora developers ever involved in a single kernel release. Contributions span several areas: DRM/i915 deadlock fixes, kernel-doc script improvements, Chromebook EC driver enhancements, TI tps65217 charger driver support, exynos DRM cursor support, Rockchip platform support including an SPDIF audio driver, and regulator/clock fixes for exynos5250. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How many patches did Collabora contribute to Linux Kernel 4.4? Collabora contributed 38 patches from 8 engineers to Linux Kernel 4.4, making it the release with the most Collabora developers ever involved. Contributions covered DRM deadlock fixes, kernel-doc improvements, Chromebook EC driver work, Rockchip platform support, exynos DRM cursor support, and regulator/clock fixes. _Developers tracking Linux kernel upstream contributions follow milestones like these on daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#hardware](https://daily.dev/tags/hardware) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/collabora-contributions-to-linux-kernel-4-4-7lsyb9ugy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Collabora contributions to Linux Kernel 4.4","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/collabora-contributions-to-linux-kernel-4-4-7lsyb9ugy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/collabora-contributions-to-linux-kernel-4-4-7lsyb9ugy"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:56:57.104Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:37:56.894Z","description":"Linux Kernel 4.4 was released with 38 patches contributed by 8 Collabora engineers, marking the highest number of Collabora developers ever involved in a...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--OHB84bZF--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2010","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--OHB84bZF--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2010","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Collabora Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Collabora Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ZGZ0FjqS--/f_auto,q_auto/v1786438306/logos/collabora?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/collabora"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/collabora-contributions-to-linux-kernel-4-4-7lsyb9ugy","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,linux,hardware","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Collabora Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/collabora"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Collabora contributions to Linux Kernel 4.4"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/collabora-contributions-to-linux-kernel-4-4-7lsyb9ugy#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How many patches did Collabora contribute to Linux Kernel 4.4?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Collabora contributed 38 patches from 8 engineers to Linux Kernel 4.4, making it the release with the most Collabora developers ever involved. 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