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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • If you have space to store stuff buy bulk in things that don’t expire.

    Make your own cleaners for some things. Vinegar, dawn soap, and rubbing alcohol are the base for most.

    Boardwalk laundry detergent has been a great cost saver. You have to buy 40 lbs at a time, but it works great. We typically use half the recommended amount since it’s made for larger washers.

    Watch for commercial products as sometimes this is the way to go for simple items that need to be durable.



  • I’m sure it’d be fine, I’m probably not willing to put in the right amount of effort. I think a big fear for me is I use the computer for work, and while I have others, I prefer this one. I may not have the 15-30min to research and resolve something I did to myself.

    I also try not to be the person who asks for help on the same question for the 17th time.

    So far I’ve always been able to find answers in documentation or communities. Turns out I’m not so unique. ;).


  • I’m with you here, sometimes I’m really lazy and don’t want to mess with it. Other times I’m hell-bent on doing something I know how to do in a GUI through terminal.

    Mint has let me keep my system OS rock solid, and I’m not afraid to try about anything in the vm. Reinstall when time permits or just roll back to a snapshot.

    I’ve got time shift installed, but I use my computer for work, so there’s some draw to stability and having everything just work.



  • Mint was my “gateway distro” to get away from windows as a daily driver. It still is my daily driver and it’s given me enough guardrails to not screw it up too badly and learn.

    I’m looking to go further up stream towards Debian. I’ve looked at arch and “arch that’s not allowed to be called arch because it has a gui installer”, but I’m not ready/able/“risk-tolerant-enough” to keep that stable as my daily driver. Fedora dormant seem quite right for me.

    I really like mint, it meets my needs, has treated me well.