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What is happening to our Office Suites?! Wayland fixes 2 major features
Episode 63
Saturday, 4 April, 2026
💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com 01:55 OnlyOffice accuses EuroOffice of breaking their license https://github.com/Euro-Office/ https://linuxiac.com/onlyoffice-accuses-euro-office-of-license-violations/ 04:01 OnlyOffice suspends partnership with Nextcloud https://www.neowin.net/news/onlyoffice-suspends-nextcloud-partnership-over-unapproved-euro-office-fork/ 05:37 Trouble between Collabora and The Document Foundation https://www.collaboraonline.com/blog/tdf-ejects-its-core-developers/ 08:28 Wayland session restore protocol is now official https://itsfoss.com/news/wayland-session-management/ 10:02 Wayland fractional scaling improvements https://www.phoronix.com/news/xx-fractional-scale-v2-MR-KWin 11:05 Copilot slots ads into PRs and merge requests https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-copilot-is-now-injecting-ads-into-pull-requests-on-github-gitlab/ https://www.techradar.com/pro/this-is-horrific-github-kills-copilot-pull-request-ads-after-user-backlash 13:36 Ubuntu MATE loses its maintainer https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-mate-needs-new-maintainer 15:17 Ubuntu 26.04 raises minimum system requirements https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-26-04-minimum-ram-requirement/ 17:15 GNOME fully drops Google Drive support https://itsfoss.com/news/gnome-drops-google-drive-support/ 19:11 Linux passes 5% market share on Steam https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/linux-smashes-past-5-percent-on-the-steam-survey-for-the-first-time/ 20:48 Nvidia’s HDR & color management support in preview https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/nvidia-announce-a-preview-of-drm-per-plane-color-pipeline-api-support-on-linux-good-for-hdr/ 22:19 Malware in open source rose 14x in 2025 https://www.endorlabs.com/learn/new-research-malware-in-open-source-ecosystems-surges-14x-as-attackers-hijack-trusted-packages 24:43 Wine could move to Zink for OpenGL over Vulkan https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/a-future-wine-release-could-use-zink-to-run-opengl-via-vulkan/ 💻 Get a Linux computer from our sponsor, Tuxedo💻 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en# 👏 Support the show here: 👏 Patreon supporters get the daily Linux & Open Source audio show! https://www.patreon.com/thelinuxexperiment Or you can support me with a one time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thelinuxexp https://liberapay.com/TheLinuxExperiment/ 👕 Buy TLE Merch: 👕 https://the-linux-experiment.creator-spring.com/ 📹 Watch Linux videos: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment 🎙️ Leave your feedback here: 🎙️ https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com
