Yes, that’s why my distro of choice is Linux Mint lmao
I use Arch btw.
I like my kernel as I like my wine. Vintage.
I like 'm like my asshole, bleeding edge
It’s also the best Linux distro! 🌱
Don’t know about best, but it’s very convenient, accessible, and easy to install.
If all someone is doing is browsing the internet or watching videos it’s the best linux distro from an ease of use perspective.
Just replaced Mint with Manjaro KDE on my work laptop and it runs so much better. So I’m not quite on board with your statement.
I installed Mint on an old laptop with low specs and it ran very well in that context. I switched to Manjaro for my main computer because KDE and i have to agree. Manjaroo is also very easy to use out of the box.
I started with Mint because I just wanted it to work right away and it did. But lately I had severe issues with the VPN constantly reconnecting, weird keyboard issues and Teams killing the X session. Although I blame that last one fully on Teams, that fucking piece of shit. Plasma on Manjaro runs so smoothly and I finally have all the latest packages I need, so I’m quite happy at the moment.
Last I remember it was based off LTS Ubuntu editions, so it could fall behind. Was awhile ago since I switched, but I remember having issues getting modern Bluetooth devices working. Had to override the kernel and manually download the chipset’s firmware files.
This post brought to you by someone who never planted that cursed, evil herb in their garden
It’s not an herb it’s a lawn
It’s a lifestyle.
Though there are worse lawns to have.
We got “chocolate mint”. Yes, it actually does taste a bit like chocolate mint. Yes, it will take over your garden and be miserable to remove.
Wait, why? Please elaborate, I’m planning to get some for my garden. (In fact, I already bought the seeds package)
Edit: Thanks guys, you might have saved me from a lot of trouble in the future. I’ll just get some pots to plant the mint instead.
If you’re going to plant it, plant it in a pot first, then bury the pot up to the lip. It will stay mostly contained and you won’t see the pot unless you’re right on top of it. Mint reproduces through runners as well as by seeds and the runners are so much harder to control. If you bury the entire pot, it makes it easier for the runners to escape, which is why you want that little bit of lip above ground.
It grows like a weed so its quite hard to remove
quite hard to remove
It’s the plant equivalent of cockroaches
The secret is to never want to remove it.
It’s easy to care for it, you can totally neglect it and it still thrives. When you think it’s grown to much, you cut it down, it springs right back. You can rip it out, as long as there’s a 5cm piece of root somewhere in the ground, it will be there again next year.
I’ve ripped out many a bushel and gifted to friends and still have my own mint. I like it.
That’s why I just plant it in a pot
Edit: by “pot” I mean the rectangle type
Not a fan of mint flavour tbh
I disagree with your opinion but I will defend to the death your right to express it
Catnip is in the mint family, so kitties also like mint.
Also, catnip can be given to dogs too (in moderation) and some like it, so I guess doggies also like mint.
Guess she’s never had bubble gum toothpaste?
She said mainstream. Bubble gum toothpaste is awful lmao
I thought I didn’t like mint for the first 15 years of my life because of mint toothpaste.
I like mint in a lot of things, but I can’t stand mint toothpaste. Unfortunately, every other option I’ve tried has been even worse- fruit flavors, baking soda, etc.
Cinnamon?
They always make it too spicy. Like I don’t need to brush my teeth with Red Hots.
And it’s disgusting.
You’re weak, please remove your genetic traits from the gene pool.
Hard agree
Bigelow’s Perfectly Mint Tea (previously plantation mint) is my favorite super market tea. Mint kicks ass.
Alpha Herb
I was sure this was going to turn into mint slander by the end
i consider it slander to say it is “at home” in a fucking cigarette.
Blended into your favorite smokable herbs.
smokable, like how plastic is edible
Persian meat dishes with mint are amazing, too.
Mint has a whole bunch of relatives that are awesome too, such as basil, sage, savory, marjoram and oregano. We have one that grows wild around here, some weird sage/mint with purple flowers, which bees and hummingbirds love.
and it makes money!
mint with chocolate is awful
Mint with chocolate is not your thing, and that’s ok, but it is by NO MEANS awful.
They can’t handle the truth. I stand with you!
I don’t usually downvote for simply disagreeing, but you deserve it for this one.
And it’s stupid easy to grow. Once you have mint growing in your garden/yard, you will never not have mint growing in your garden/yard/neighbors yard.
I managed to kill mint that was in a big planting pot. We had a very hot and dry spell and it just didn’t come back the next year. I was flabbergasted.
Also in my new house, animals ate the mint all the way to the ground. Never had that happen before!
We once planted 6 different herbs in a rectangle planter including chocolate mint and spearmint, next year the whole planter and part of the one beside only contained chocolate mint.
Chocolate mint is especially evil in my book because it took over an entire area of our yard and killed off my grandfather’s raspberries that had been growing for decades and transplanted to two new homes ending their long lineage.
It took over a entire section of our garden as a kid. I chewed that shit all day every day every summer.
That sounds like a pretty good memory.
Don’t have tons. Thanks for making a point of that. Going in the gratitude journal.
That’s unless you also have dill.
Immovable object meets unstoppable force.
Made a herb planter pot thing for my mom for mother’s day a few years ago, dill still going strong even with the cat munching on it
Nobody going to mention bamboo? Ok, I’ll mention bamboo.
I can somehow kill dill. About the time it gets big enough to harvest some, it just bolts and dies. Even with a sun shade. I have to replant it every year.
Maybe your soil is not compatible, idk.
Once you have mint growing in your garden/yard
you will never not have mint growing in your garden/yard/neighbors yard.
I love how the mint just spreads from your yard to your neighbor’s yard.
It’s a gift that keeps on giving. Forcefully. My neighbors hate me.
Jokes on you and them. I planted Catnip (also an invasive mint variety) to kill the weeds and rodents.
Once you have mint growing in your garden/yard, you will never not have mint
Broadleaf herbicide keeps my neighbor’s mint infestation on his side without much issue. No worse than the violet, really. His kudzu is the only thing that causes a problem.
Ivy and brush formula round up appears to have done the trick on the patch in my yard some asshole previous owner spread. I don’t want a mono-culture yard but I hate both the smell and taste of mint. If there’s one herb I could do away with forever that would be it
