iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

George Kiagiadakis @gkiagia.gr · 29/09/2026

After 16 years at @collabora.com, I'm moving on. I'm stepping down as WirePlumber maintainer and starting a business focused on software engineering in the age of AI. Read the whole story on my blog 👇

gkiagia.gr

A new chapter

After sixteen years at Collabora, I’m moving on: stepping down as maintainer of WirePlumber and starting a business focused on software engineering in the age of AI.

000

Reposted by George Kiagiadakis

Collabora @collabora.com · 09/06/2026

We're #hiring! Several open roles for #OpenSource engineers: 🔲 GPU Consultant Engineer 🐧 Linux Kernel Consultant 🔊 Linux Audio Consultant Engineer ⚙️ Platform Engineering Consultant Remote/anywhere · Full-time · Upstream-first culture since 2005 🐧 → www.collabora.com/careers #Linux #RemoteWork

1155

George Kiagiadakis @gkiagia.gr · 20/12/2025

I recently joined Brodie Robertson on the TechOverTea podcast to discuss #WirePlumber and its journey from Automotive Grade Linux to becoming the standard #PipeWire session manager across #Linux distros, among many other topics! Enjoy listening and let me know what more you'd like me to talk about!

youtube.com

#304 Creator Of Pipewire's Wireplumber | George Kiagiadakis

Today we have the developer of Wireplumber on the show to talk about what it does, why it exists and how the project came about ==========Support The Channel========== ► Patreon:…

010

George Kiagiadakis @gkiagia.gr · 04/12/2025

New toys just arrived! 🎅 After a few years of living with a broken setup, it's time to replace a broken smart light switch and a dimmer with Shellys. Hoping for better reliability this time! 💡 What's your experience with these products? #Shelly #IoT #SmartHome #Automation

000

George Kiagiadakis @gkiagia.gr · 29/11/2025

Curious to learn how multimedia pipeline scheduling works? My recent GStreamer Conference talk dives deep into #GStreamer vs #PipeWire scheduling approaches, their trade-offs, best use cases, and how they can work together. ▶️ Watch now: buff.ly/NqSPIZY

gstconf.ubicast.tv

PipeWire’s pipeline operation vs GStreamer’s explained

In GStreamer, the media pipeline operation is defined by threads that are continuously pushing or pulling data through the pads of the linked elements. This is an elegant and very flexible way of…

001

George Kiagiadakis @gkiagia.gr · 11/11/2025

🎉 Just wrapped up the #GStreamer #conference in London - record attendance! Presented on #PipeWire's pipeline operation vs GStreamer's. Heard great success stories from companies and spent invaluable time with colleagues. Videos coming soon! If you work with #multimedia, don't miss this next year!

122

George Kiagiadakis @gkiagia.gr · 20/08/2025

🛫 I’ll be at #OSSummit Europe next week. Will you? 👨‍🏫 I will be presenting "Implementing #Bluetooth LE Audio & #Auracast on embedded #Linux systems" on the 26th. Join me for practical insights into the #BlueZ and #PipeWire Bluetooth stack! 🔗 Talk: buff.ly/N8rQhsY 📆 Schedule: bit.ly/3NXx5Zp

001

George Kiagiadakis @gkiagia.gr · 14/07/2025

🚗 Last week, I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) All-Member Meeting in Berlin. It was great to meet colleagues and friends once again and catch up on the latest AGL updates! Thank you all and see you next time...! #AGL #Automotive #Linux #OpenSource

011

George Kiagiadakis @gkiagia.gr · 07/07/2025

✈️ I am heading to Berlin to attend the #AGL AMM this week! 🗣️ Honored to return as a speaker on "#PipeWire: State of the Union", covering recent developments in audio processing, camera and video support, #Bluetooth integration, and session management. 🔗 buff.ly/I4cSMTC #Automotive #OpenSource

buff.ly

Automotive Grade Linux All Member Meeting Summer 2025: PipeWire: State of the Union - George Ki...

View more about this event at Automotive Grade Linux All Member Meeting Summer 2025

010

George Kiagiadakis @gkiagia.gr · 19/06/2025

🥁 Exciting news! I am speaking at the Open Source Summit Europe in Amsterdam on August 25-27! 🗣️ My talk is about how #Bluetooth #LEAudio & #Auracast can be implemented on embedded #Linux devices using open source software: #BlueZ and #PipeWire. Don't miss it! #OSSummit #ELCE #OpenSource

sched.co

Open Source Summit Europe 2025: Implementing Bluetooth LE Audio & Auraca...

View more about this event at Open Source Summit Europe 2025

020

Reposted by George Kiagiadakis

Collabora @collabora.com · 16/05/2025

Another highlight of this year's #embedded week in Nice: seeing the #PipeWire & #libcamera workshop teams meet up with the #GStreamer hackfest crew for a pizza night in the city! #OpenSource brings people together!

051

George Kiagiadakis @gkiagia.gr · 08/05/2025

📆 Just one week to go until the big event week in Nice! 🎤 Wed-Thu: Speaking at #er2025 about PipeWire and #Bluetooth audio! 🛠️ Fri: Meeting fellow #PipeWire developers in person for a full day #workshop! 💻 Sat-Sun: Joining the #GStreamer #hackfest! (Image by Sparkelle Yan, CC-BY-SA 4.0)

000

George Kiagiadakis @gkiagia.gr · 01/05/2025

🗓️ The Embedded Recipes 2025 schedule is now live! ⭐ I’m excited to be speaking on “PipeWire and Bluetooth: the road to LE Audio” — covering Bluetooth audio and PipeWire’s latest developments on it. 🔗 buff.ly/gph2zCU #er2025 #Linux #PipeWire #BlueZ #Bluetooth #LEAudio #BLE #OpenSource #TechTalk

021

Reposted by George Kiagiadakis

Collabora @collabora.com · 29/04/2025

Configuring #WirePlumber on embedded Linux systems can be somewhat confusing. Georgios Kiagiadakis takes a moment to demystify this process for a particular use case: col.la/customwirepl... #OpenSource #PipeWire

col.la

Customizing WirePlumber's configuration for embedded systems

Demystifying how to configure WirePlumber for embedded Linux systems.

082

George Kiagiadakis @gkiagia.gr · 23/04/2025

💡 Curious about customizing #WirePlumber for embedded systems? I wrote a blog post breaking down the config structure, with tips from a real-world project. ✅ Learn to - Use profiles + fragments for easy customization - Strip down features for leaner setups - Avoid pitfalls with desktop dependencies

buff.ly

Customizing WirePlumber’s configuration for embedded systems

Recently, I had the opportunity to work with a customer that required customization of WirePlumber’s configuration for use in their embedded Linux system. Oftentimes, people are confused about how to…

000

George Kiagiadakis @gkiagia.gr · 01/04/2025

📢 More exciting news coming up! @collabora.com is organizing a #PipeWire #hackfest on May 16th, 2025 in Nice, during the Embedded Recipes conference! Here's your chance to meet fellow devs face-to-face and discuss PipeWire's future! Interested? Add your name here: buff.ly/qAHuyDu #er2025

buff.ly

Embedded Recipes Workshop in Nice May 2025 · Wiki · PipeWire / pipewire · GitLab

Multimedia processing graphs

051

George Kiagiadakis @gkiagia.gr · 29/03/2025

📢 Exciting news! I’m thrilled to be speaking at Embedded Recipes in Nice from May 14th to 16th! 🎤 I will be delivering a lightning talk on #PipeWire's support for #Bluetooth audio features, where I will cover recent developments, its current status and what lies ahead. 🔗 buff.ly/t8kvPMz #er2025

buff.ly

Speakers

PipeWire and Bluetooth: the road to LE Audio

031

Reposted by George Kiagiadakis

GStreamer @gstreamer.org · 26/03/2025

There will be a GStreamer Spring Hackfest on 16-18 May 2025 in Nice, France - hope to see you there! More details soon.

135

George Kiagiadakis @gkiagia.gr · 20/03/2025

💡 Did you know #PipeWire implements #Bluetooth #LEAudio on top of #BlueZ and #Linux? 🎧 🎵 While there are still rough edges, PipeWire today supports BAP, VCP, device sets, and even #Auracast broadcasting! ❓ Have you tried LE Audio yet? 🔗 gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pip... #OpenSource #BLE

gitlab.freedesktop.org

LE Audio + LC3 support · Wiki · PipeWire / pipewire · GitLab

Multimedia processing graphs

110

George Kiagiadakis @gkiagia.gr · 09/03/2025

If you’re based in Heraklion and interested in #Bluetooth technology and #Linux, join us at the next @devstaff.gr meetup! I’ll be speaking about Bluetooth, covering its history, protocol stack, quirks, future and how it’s implemented on Linux with #BlueZ. See you there! 🚀 PS: don't forget to RSVP

020

George Kiagiadakis @gkiagia.gr · 20/02/2025

📢 #PipeWire 1.4 introduces #Bluetooth telephony support, a new D-Bus API enabling apps to manage phone calls using the Bluetooth Hands-Free Profile (HFP) protocol. Check out my short tutorial on using this API from the command line and have fun calling! 📞 🔗

gkiagia.gr

Introducing Bluetooth telephony support in PipeWire

PipeWire 1.4 is almost out of the door! One of the highlights of the new release — which I personally worked on and presented also recently on my FOSDEM talk — is Bluetooth telephony support.

010

George Kiagiadakis @gkiagia.gr · 12/02/2025

🎥 My #FOSDEM 2025 talk is now available to watch! 🗣️ In this talk, I discussed our team's adventure integrating #BlueZ as the #Bluetooth stack of an #automotive IVI system, switching from a closed-source alternative, sharing the challenges we faced and our contributions back to BlueZ and #PipeWire.

buff.ly

FOSDEM 2025 - Adopting BlueZ in production: challenges and caveats

In 2024, I worked with a small team to bring up BlueZ as the Bluetooth stack of a real-world automotive In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) system. In this talk, I am going to discuss the steps that we…

000

Reposted by George Kiagiadakis

pipewire.org @pipewire.org · 06/02/2025

PipeWire 1.3.82 is out! This is the second prerelease of the next 1.4 release and has some small and not so small improvements. More details here: gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pip...

gitlab.freedesktop.org

1.3.82 (1.4RC2) · PipeWire / pipewire · GitLab

PipeWire 1.3.82 (2025-02-06) This is the second 1.4 release candidate that is API and ABI compatible with previous 1.2.x and 1.0.x...

0203

George Kiagiadakis @gkiagia.gr · 05/02/2025

Had an amazing time at #FOSDEM last weekend! 🎉 It was great to reconnect with many familiar faces, attend insightful talks, and kickstart 2025 with fresh inspiration.💡 Huge thanks to the organizers and volunteers who make this event possible every year! Until next time! 🍻

000

George Kiagiadakis @gkiagia.gr · 29/01/2025

Excited to be attending #FOSDEM 2025 in Brussels! 🎉 I’ll present a talk on integrating #BlueZ into a real-world automotive system. 🚙 Interested to find what it takes to adopt an open source #Bluetooth solution instead of proprietary ones in production? 📌 buff.ly/4hzFD7Z See you there! 👋

buff.ly

FOSDEM 2025 - Adopting BlueZ in production: challenges and caveats

In 2024, I worked with a small team to bring up BlueZ as the Bluetooth stack of a real-world automotive In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) system. In this talk, I am going to discuss the steps that we…

020