Choose a distro with persistence like Tails or use a program like MKUsb to make your iso of choice have persistence.
I wasn't aware of any distroa that do that. I'll check out tails
How is the speed on something like Tails? It’s amazing to me to be able to boot and move around an OS like that with a flash drive.
Dont have instructions yet but I think you partition your usb drive so you have the liveusb on one and basically a persistent flash drive on the other and save your home data to that
i did a regular install of mint or ubuntu, i don't remember onto an Usb-Stick once(ssd's were expensive back then). remove the Internal Disk first to make sure not to change it. And then Install Mint regularly and choose the Usb-Stick as Drive 1, You will need 2 Sticks 1. The Live-Usb 2. The definitive Storage Medium. Keep in Mind that Usb-Sticks are not as reliable as a regular Disk, so make sure to keep important stuff in a Backup too.
That's a good idea. I was doing it on a laptop. But I can unplug the drives from my tower pretty easily. I did pick up another decent USB stick, but it seems silly that I can't just convert the current one to persistent
here is a Article about something like this: https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-persistent-live-usb/ , Its written for ubuntu , but mint is mostly ubuntu. This site has some good Articles, i use it often.
Not attached to Mint, just thought I'd try it. I'll give this a look. Thanks
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