The problem with Etcher is it does not do persistence on the USB so it will forget any changes you make to the operating system. (This arrangement is only really useful as an installation medium or as a TAILS like, amnesic operating system)
See my other post.
1.Start with etcher, make a bootable Linux Mint USB. (It must be based on Ubuntu for this to work)
Boot into Linux Mint on the USB by changing BIOS to boot form USB
Install MK-USB on Linux Mint on the non persistent stick you have just burnt.
Use MK-USB to make a bootable, persistent USB on the second USB stick.
Shutdown.
Remove Etcher burnt USB
Boot the MK-USB burnt Linux Mint stick
Enjoy your new portable computer. (You can remove the stick and plug it into any computer and it will be your files and OS)
Edit:- I prefer the KDE Plasma desktop environment to the default Cinnamon and have changed this, after market, to my preference. Ubuntu's GNOME desktop environment sucks literal ass.
https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Here's simple instructions.
It's really easy tbh, just point and click and it handles it itself.
To make your bootable USB I recommend Etcher for it's ease of use and it verifies the USB all in one step
The problem with Etcher is it does not do persistence on the USB so it will forget any changes you make to the operating system. (This arrangement is only really useful as an installation medium or as a TAILS like, amnesic operating system)
See my other post.
1.Start with etcher, make a bootable Linux Mint USB. (It must be based on Ubuntu for this to work)
Boot into Linux Mint on the USB by changing BIOS to boot form USB
Install MK-USB on Linux Mint on the non persistent stick you have just burnt.
Use MK-USB to make a bootable, persistent USB on the second USB stick.
Shutdown.
Remove Etcher burnt USB
Boot the MK-USB burnt Linux Mint stick
Enjoy your new portable computer. (You can remove the stick and plug it into any computer and it will be your files and OS)
Edit:- I prefer the KDE Plasma desktop environment to the default Cinnamon and have changed this, after market, to my preference. Ubuntu's GNOME desktop environment sucks literal ass.