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I see. Before the switching, you may want to try Linux on Windows using WSL2 or VirtualBox, etc. Also, Mint and other distros provide bootable image, so you can try it without installing Mint on your machine. Good luck!
Thanks for the tip! I think I'll try VirtualBox!
You're talking about booting from a disk or USB drive, right? See, I've tried those (well, the USB drive anyway), but AFAICT there didn't seem to be a way to have it remember stuff between boots? Maybe I missed something...
Yes. In a typical live USB session, all changes are written to the RAM, so they are lost on the shutdown. Some live USB supports persistent storage, but I think it's not so common.
That is...disappointing.