The speaker discusses OpenSUSE and the OpenMainframe project, which focuses on running Linux and open-source software on mainframe computers. They explain the founding of their Linux distribution working group and how collaboration between different Linux distributions can benefit the open-source community as a whole. The speaker also addresses the challenge of including upstream projects and how they can be better integrated into the working group. The Q&A section includes discussions on ways to improve collaboration and communication between different distributions and upstream projects.