Jul 29, 2026 · 57 min · 13 segments
Join hosts Bill, Charlie, Eric, and Majid in episode 77 of Linux OTC to unpack a heated Linux Mint vs GNOME Calendar dispute and what it means for how distros handle outdated packages. The hosts open…
Have you guys come across it? Yes,
I've seen.
I am, yeah, because the whole controversy is that not just Linux Mint, but other distros, they have an outdated version of, let's just not even talk about the calendar, an outdated version of the app.
And the latest version has solved all the problems that the outdated version has.
But the people who are using these outdated versions are still contacting people the devs and putting in issue reports about problems that have been solved.
And this is the way I see it.
So I'm taking, I have to say, everything has two sides, but I am moving towards the side of GNOME Calendar.
They've turned a desktop into too many political comments.
But I feel they're correct because if you fix all the problems, why should you be supporting a product that's out of date?
So I agree with you, actually.
I'm also kind of, as I said, I'm a bit undecided, but on principle, I get what the GNOME devs are saying.
On principle, I get it, which is that... you know, this app, we've made it, it's now, you know, it's now being distributed by all these different distros.
If there are problems, you'd let us know.
But the thing is, if we fix them, then they should be fixed in the distribution that is packaging them as well.
The The one out, I suppose, or excuse Mint can make is that this isn't actually Mint causing the problem in this scenario.
But all that really does is just sidestep the problem.
It's like saying, it's not my fault, it's his fault.
But it's still someone's fault, right? This is the
I mean, we can discuss how the reaction was made by Linux Mint to the comments and closing the GitHub issue.
Have you guys come across it? Yes,
I've seen.
I am, yeah, because the whole controversy is that not just Linux Mint, but other distros, they have an outdated version of, let's just not even talk about the calendar, an outdated version of the app.
And the latest version has solved all the problems that the outdated version has.
But the people who are using these outdated versions are still contacting people the devs and putting in issue reports about problems that have been solved.
And this is the way I see it.
So I'm taking, I have to say, everything has two sides, but I am moving towards the side of GNOME Calendar.
They've turned a desktop into too many political comments.
But I feel they're correct because if you fix all the problems, why should you be supporting a product that's out of date?
So I agree with you, actually.
I'm also kind of, as I said, I'm a bit undecided, but on principle, I get what the GNOME devs are saying.
On principle, I get it, which is that... you know, this app, we've made it, it's now, you know, it's now being distributed by all these different distros.
If there are problems, you'd let us know.
But the thing is, if we fix them, then they should be fixed in the distribution that is packaging them as well.
The The one out, I suppose, or excuse Mint can make is that this isn't actually Mint causing the problem in this scenario.
But all that really does is just sidestep the problem.
It's like saying, it's not my fault, it's his fault.
But it's still someone's fault, right? This is the
I mean, we can discuss how the reaction was made by Linux Mint to the comments and closing the GitHub issue.
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