--- title: Evolving hardware, evolving demo: Collabora's Embedded... description: Collabora showcased an evolved Board Farm demo at Embedded World 2025, featuring hardware running Linux v6.13+ kernels with upstream Mesa graphics and Debian... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/evolving-hardware-evolving-demo-collabora-s-embedded-world-board-farm-au0h0orgc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Evolving hardware, evolving demo: Collabora's Embedded World Board Farm | daily.dev og:description: Collabora showcased an evolved Board Farm demo at Embedded World 2025, featuring hardware running Linux v6.13+ kernels with upstream Mesa graphics and Debian... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/evolving-hardware-evolving-demo-collabora-s-embedded-world-board-farm-au0h0orgc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/au0H0oRGc.png og:image:alt: Evolving hardware, evolving demo: Collabora's Embedded World Board Farm 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. # Evolving hardware, evolving demo: Collabora's Embedded World Board Farm **[Collabora Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/collabora)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Collabora showcased an evolved Board Farm demo at Embedded World 2025, featuring hardware running Linux v6.13+ kernels with upstream Mesa graphics and Debian Sid userspace. Key updates include 3D-printed IKEA SKÅDIS pegboard brackets for better hardware mounting (designs published on GitLab), and a switch from Wi-Fi smart power strips to industrial-grade relay-controlled low-voltage power supplies for improved reliability. The farm demonstrates automated testing infrastructure for the Linux kernel, Mesa CI, and embedded platforms, highlighting Collabora's upstream contributions and the growing viability of open software stacks on modern SoCs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What Linux kernel version was Collabora's Embedded World 2025 board farm demo running? The boards in Collabora's Embedded World 2025 board farm were running Linux v6.13 or newer kernels. The userspace was built from Debian unstable (Sid) using debos, with the upstream Mesa graphics stack and a Weston graphical environment. Most boards ran glmark2 (Wayland ES variant), while one board without upstream 3D GPU support ran a weston-flower demo instead. _Engineers tracking upstream embedded Linux platform support follow developments like these on daily.dev._ ### Why avoid Wi-Fi smart power strips in an embedded board farm environment? Wi-Fi smart power strips are less reliable than USB or Ethernet-controlled alternatives, and this problem is amplified in environments like trade shows where large numbers of Wi-Fi devices cause interference. Collabora switched to industrial-grade power supplies with relay-controlled low-voltage switching to improve reliability, avoiding the slow capacitor discharge issue that also affects mains-switched setups. _Teams building reliable board farm infrastructure find practical lessons like this worth tracking on daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing), [#cicd](https://daily.dev/tags/cicd), [#embedded](https://daily.dev/tags/embedded), [#mesa](https://daily.dev/tags/mesa) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/evolving-hardware-evolving-demo-collabora-s-embedded-world-board-farm-au0h0orgc) ```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":"Evolving hardware, evolving demo: Collabora's Embedded World Board Farm","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/evolving-hardware-evolving-demo-collabora-s-embedded-world-board-farm-au0h0orgc","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/evolving-hardware-evolving-demo-collabora-s-embedded-world-board-farm-au0h0orgc"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:57:26.341Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:41:11.446Z","description":"Collabora showcased an evolved Board Farm demo at Embedded World 2025, featuring hardware running Linux v6.13+ kernels with upstream Mesa graphics and Debian...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/50b31edf88dec796331675c2a1861caf?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/50b31edf88dec796331675c2a1861caf?_a=AQAEuop","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/evolving-hardware-evolving-demo-collabora-s-embedded-world-board-farm-au0h0orgc","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"linux,testing,cicd,embedded,mesa","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@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":"Evolving hardware, evolving demo: Collabora's Embedded World Board Farm"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/evolving-hardware-evolving-demo-collabora-s-embedded-world-board-farm-au0h0orgc#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What Linux kernel version was Collabora's Embedded World 2025 board farm demo running?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The boards in Collabora's Embedded World 2025 board farm were running Linux v6.13 or newer kernels. 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