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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:34 OnlyOffice accuses EuroOffice of breaking their license
02:39 OnlyOffice suspends partnership with Nextcloud
04:15 Trouble between Collabora and The Document Foundation
07:06 Wayland session restore protocol is now official
08:40 Wayland fractional scaling improvements
09:43 Copilot slots ads into PRs and merge requests
12:14 Ubuntu MATE loses its maintainer
13:56 GNOME fully drops Google Drive support
15:52 Linux passes 5% market share on Steam
17:29 Nvidia's HDR & color management support in preview
19:00 Wine could move to Zink for OpenGL over Vulkan
20:27 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

Links:

OnlyOffice accuses EuroOffice of breaking their license
https://github.com/Euro-Office/
https://linuxiac.com/onlyoffice-accuses-euro-office-of-license-violations/

OnlyOffice suspends partnership with Nextcloud
https://www.neowin.net/news/onlyoffice-suspends-nextcloud-partnership-over-unapproved-euro-office-fork/

Trouble between Collabora and The Document Foundation
https://www.collaboraonline.com/blog/tdf-ejects-its-core-developers/

Wayland session restore protocol is now official
https://itsfoss.com/news/wayland-session-management/

Wayland fractional scaling improvements
https://www.phoronix.com/news/xx-fractional-scale-v2-MR-KWin

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

Ubuntu MATE loses its maintainer
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-mate-needs-new-maintainer

GNOME fully drops Google Drive support
https://itsfoss.com/news/gnome-drops-google-drive-support/

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/

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/

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/

The Linux Experiment

A roundup of Linux and open source news covering several controversies: OnlyOffice vs EuroOffice fork dispute over AGPL licensing and branding terms, Nextcloud partnership suspension, and Collabora staff being removed from the Document Foundation amid governance conflicts over LibreOffice. On the technical side, Wayland gains a merged session management protocol after 6 years and a fractional scaling v2 fix. GitHub Copilot injected ads into pull requests affecting 1.5 million PRs before reversing course. Linux hits 5.33% Steam market share, Ubuntu MATE faces maintainer loss, GNOME drops Google Drive integration, Nvidia adds color management API support using AI-generated code, and Wine may adopt Zink for OpenGL via Vulkan.

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