X.Org Foundation Courses

KosmicKrisp - A Vulkan to Metal Layered Driver

Discover how LunarG created KosmicKrisp, a Vulkan to Metal layered driver, using Mesa's framework for fast, conformant implementation in this technical presentation.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Improvements to the Raspberry Pi Driver Stack

Discover recent Raspberry Pi driver stack enhancements including OpenGL 3.2 compliance, performance optimizations, and stability improvements with comparative analysis.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Power of Video - Optimizing Power Consumption for Video Playback

Discover how display components optimize power consumption during video playback using Firefox/MPV, Weston, and amdgpu to achieve real power savings and improve efficiency.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

KMS Offloading in KWin - Overlay Planes, Underlays and Color Operations

Discover how KDE's compositor leverages KMS offloading, overlay planes, and color operations for enhanced efficiency, plus challenges faced implementing advanced KMS features.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

RADV - Are We There Yet? Mesa Vulkan Driver Development and Status Update

Explore RADV Mesa Vulkan driver development for AMD GPUs, covering latest features, compiler improvements, code maintenance, and future challenges in open source graphics.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Panthor - Status and Future Development

Discover the current status and future roadmap of the Panthor driver for Arm Mali GPUs, including ongoing feature development and upcoming plans.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

XDC 2025 Lightning Talks - Day 2

Explore cutting-edge graphics development through 7 lightning talks covering Turnip optimization, DRM improvements, Wayland screencasting, hwcomposer updates, Linux panic systems, and testing automation.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Turnip - Improving Performance Without Compromising Correctness

Explore Turnip Vulkan driver development for Adreno GPUs, focusing on maintaining correctness while boosting performance through CI testing and automated regression detection.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Descriptors are Hard - Resource Mapping in Modern Graphics APIs

Explore modern graphics driver challenges in resource mapping across OpenGL, Vulkan, and D3D12 APIs, plus recent Vulkan advances for better shader-API interfaces.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Addressing Mesa CI Pain Points

Explore Mesa CI pipeline challenges, infrastructure improvements, and roadmap solutions for better test coverage and sustainability in graphics development.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Adding New YUV Formats to Mesa

Discover how to add new YUV texture formats to Mesa's OpenGL implementation, covering essential steps and recent infrastructure improvements for graphics developers.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Support for VM_BIND and Sparse Textures in Freedreno

Discover how freedreno kernel driver evolved from legacy memory management to VM_BIND uAPI, enabling Vulkan optimization and sparse texture support for Qualcomm Adreno GPUs.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Tyr - A New Rust GPU Driver for ARM Mali GPUs

Discover Tyr, a new Rust-based GPU kernel driver for ARM Mali GPUs, exploring its current state, Rust-for-Linux abstractions, upstream roadmap, and coexistence with the existing C driver.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Finally Fixing Multi-GPU on Linux

Discover how to implement dynamic GPU selection on Linux through a new service that replaces obscure environment variables with user-friendly policies for multi-GPU systems.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Nouveau/NVK Update - Vulkan 1.4 Support and OpenGL Transition

Discover the latest advances in Nouveau's NVK Vulkan driver, including 1.4 support, conformance across GPU generations, and the transition to Zink for OpenGL rendering.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video