Why is Linux Mint called Mint?

[michelebachmann]

Is it supposed to signify the plant?

[KiwiNZ]

Why is an Audi called an Audi?

It's a name that the makers liked.

[Primefalcon]

Minty Fresh I assume

[drawkcab]

It's green.

[Porcini M.]

Maybe the founders like corner-case problems which reveal worst-case performance scenarios for optimization algorithms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klee–Minty_cub)...

[afixane]

Why your username are "michelebachmann"?

[Gone fishing]

Cool and Green?

[ojdon]

I think it's simply because the older version had a "mint coloured" theme. No idea if they still go with that theme these days but that was the obvious reason why a few years back.

It's more to do with the colour "Mint Green" than the plant. :)

[vasa1]

What answer was given on the Mint forum?

[mips]

Something fresh & minty.

[MadmanRB]

Because the Kool Aid Man is Red.

[drawkcab]

Why your username are "michelebachmann"?

I was wondering the same thing.

[vasa1]

Let's see what today's set of questions are :)

[michelebachmann]

I was wondering the same thing.

I am her.

[vasa1]

I am her.
Yes, yes.

But why michele and not anything else?

Why bachmann and not anything else?

Why? Why? Why? :popcorn:

So many questions. So little time :D

[Kalanac]

It's actually a massive conspiracy. Mint is an acronym M.I.N.T: Mind Infiltrating Nano Transmitters. When you install Mint it begins repurposing your computer to create tiny little robots the size of grain of dust which get flung into your face by the cooling fans. These things get into your brain and cause you to spread the word of Mint. Once they've got enough drones, the nanites will then activate some unknown, dread protocol.

Not true, but funny if it was :D

I think the mint green explanation is the right one :)

[DoubleClicker]

The big question is, why Linux Mint instead of Mint Linux? :P

[vasa1]

The big question is, why Linux Mint instead of Mint Linux? :P

Let's really get going: why not GNU Linux Mint?

[drawkcab]

The big question is, why Linux Mint instead of Mint Linux? :P

In french the adjective follows the noun.

[forrestcupp]

They went to randomwordgenerator.net and it gave them Mint. If I based a distro from that, it would be called abstemious.


I am her.
"I am she." :)

Are you the politician?

[lisati]

In french the adjective follows the noun.

I believe that Samoan and Māori both have a similar convention, but we'd have to make adjustments because another convention is that words end with a vowel.

[cbennett926]

I read somewhere they call it Mint because it supposed to be a fresh feeling because it's "minty clean"