Collabora lands mainline video capture for Rockchip RK3588 after five-plus years of upstream work. A quiet but massive win for open embedded Linux. Why does open hardware take this long, and is the pace finally accelerating?

4/18/26: RK3588 Gets Mainline Linux Cameras After 5 Years — Open Hardware Wins Slow

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4/18/26: RK3588 Gets Mainline Linux Cameras After 5 Years — Open Hardware Wins Slow

4/18/26: RK3588 Gets Mainline Linux Cameras After 5 Years — Open Hardware Wins Slow