--- title: FOSS in Toulouse | daily.dev description: Collabora engineers attended and spoke at Capitole du Libre 2018 in Toulouse, France. Two talks were given: one covering open source electronic design tools... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/foss-in-toulouse-h1tazbr2s twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: FOSS in Toulouse | daily.dev og:description: Collabora engineers attended and spoke at Capitole du Libre 2018 in Toulouse, France. Two talks were given: one covering open source electronic design tools... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/foss-in-toulouse-h1tazbr2s og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/H1TAzbr2s.png og:image:alt: FOSS in Toulouse 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. # FOSS in Toulouse **[Collabora Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/collabora)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Collabora engineers attended and spoke at Capitole du Libre 2018 in Toulouse, France. Two talks were given: one covering open source electronic design tools (FreeCAD, KiCAD, gcc, avr-libc) used to build an Arduino shield, and another on reducing boot time using U-Boot's falcon mode, including its trade-offs versus the default boot mode. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is U-Boot falcon mode and how does it reduce boot time? U-Boot falcon mode is a boot optimization that allows U-Boot to jump directly to the Linux kernel, bypassing the normal bootloader initialization sequence. It reduces startup time compared to the default boot mode. Trade-offs exist versus the default mode, and the approach can be extended with new functionality added to the falcon mode boot path. _Developers optimizing embedded Linux boot sequences track U-Boot techniques like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Open Source in Prague: A week of talks, hands-on demos, and community\!](https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-in-prague-a-week-of-talks-hands-on-demos-and-community--w2mxqffp2) · Collabora Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Hackaday Europe 2026: Bare Metal Made Easy](https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-europe-2026-bare-metal-made-easy-felqvwidd) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Welcome to Thomas Païta and Paul Cercueil – Bootlin](https://daily.dev/posts/welcome-to-thomas-pa-ta-and-paul-cercueil-bootlin-3688wh0gg) · Bootlin · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#iot](https://daily.dev/tags/iot), [#embedded](https://daily.dev/tags/embedded) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/foss-in-toulouse-h1tazbr2s) ```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":"FOSS in Toulouse","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/foss-in-toulouse-h1tazbr2s","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/foss-in-toulouse-h1tazbr2s"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:56:20.127Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:32:07.106Z","description":"Collabora engineers attended and spoke at Capitole du Libre 2018 in Toulouse, France. Two talks were given: one covering open source electronic design tools...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/38a4518b831d83a4bb6bb10d02ff67f5?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/38a4518b831d83a4bb6bb10d02ff67f5?_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/foss-in-toulouse-h1tazbr2s","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,iot,embedded","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":"FOSS in Toulouse"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/foss-in-toulouse-h1tazbr2s#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is U-Boot falcon mode and how does it reduce boot time?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"U-Boot falcon mode is a boot optimization that allows U-Boot to jump directly to the Linux kernel, bypassing the normal bootloader initialization sequence. It reduces startup time compared to the default boot mode. Trade-offs exist versus the default mode, and the approach can be extended with new functionality added to the falcon mode boot path. Developers optimizing embedded Linux boot sequences track U-Boot techniques like this on daily.dev."}}]} ```