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From the first boot log to a shipping product, and upstream along the way.

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A fully upstream Linux stack for a modular handheld

Mecha Comet is a modular Linux handheld. We work on its software soul, from bootloader and kernel up to the OS images, and move it off vendor forks onto mainline for long-term support.

  • Linux kernel
  • U-Boot
  • i.MX8MP · i.MX95
  • libcamera
  • Fedora · NixOS
Read the case study Monsoon update ↗ The Comet's April voyage ↗ March 2026 update ↗ The 1mm struggle ↗
  1. 01Moved the i.MX8MP from NXP's downstream kernel to mainline Linux 7.0. Most peripherals now work out of the box.
  2. 02Ported the DSI display drivers to mainline U-Boot and added a graphical boot menu for recovery without a serial console.
  3. 03Brought up a fully open camera pipeline (sensor, ISP and encoder) on libcamera and mainline drivers.
  4. 04Reliable suspend-to-RAM, MIPI DSI command mode for lower display power, and Etnaviv OpenGL ES 3.0.
  5. 05Fixed a five-year-old bug in the magnetometer IIO driver and sent the patch upstream.
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Digital sovereignty for KDE Linux and Plasma

Part of the Sovereign Tech Agency's investment in KDE: quality assurance, backups and performance across KDE Linux and Plasma.

  1. 01openQA integration tests for KDE Linux: install, sanity and upgrade runs on ephemeral CI workers.
  2. 02KIO Snapshot: browse Btrfs snapshots of any file or folder right inside Dolphin.
  3. 03Backup improvements and KIO performance work.
Read the case study Btrfs snapshots in KDE ↗ openQA in KDE Linux ↗ Q2 2026 report ↗

Ubuntu Touch for mobile-first computing

MiraLab builds mobile-only computing products like the MiraBook lapdock and MiraDock. We help make Ubuntu Touch a stable phone OS that can grow into a full desktop.

  1. 01Platform work on Ubuntu Touch alongside the MiraTeam and the UBports community.
  2. 02Closing the gap with Android's PC mode for docked, desktop-style use.
Read the case study MiraLab on LinkedIn ↗

Our Services

  1. Embedded Linux

    Linux kernel development, upstreaming, mainlining, Yocto, Buildroot, Debian, Ubuntu.

  2. Hardware Bring-up

    From blinkenlights to the full-fledged software solution for your hardware product: bootloaders, device trees, drivers and power management.

  3. Qt/QML
    Development

    Qt 6 and QML applications, KDE Frameworks and Plasma integration for embedded devices and the desktop.

  4. Android

    Android BSP, Android Automotive, custom porting, HAL, virtualization.

  5. Training

    Custom tailored trainings for organizations, as well as students.

We are engineers who build the software soul of hardware, specialising in open source and embedded software

  • Linux Kernel development
  • U-boot and other bootloader
  • Qt / KDE Frameworks
  • Plasma
  • Yocto / Buildroot
  • mkosi
  • systemd
  • Debian / Ubuntu
  • AOSP development

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