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- May 26, 2020
I find it runs faster in live mode which makes sense as it's writing to RAM instead of a SSD/HD, it only has to read from the USB drive and once the OS is loaded into RAM it rarely needs to access the USB drive again. Live mode has it's limitations though, storage space is limited and you must save anything to an external drive in case power is lost. On the other hand Live mode is great for experimenting, mess something up and all that's needed is a reboot and start over.For those following this advice: Keep in mind that if you're running Mint off a flash drive it will be noticeably slower than installing the OS and running it off your computer's hard drive/ssd, so if you like what you see other and it's just slow, then go ahead and (BACK UP YOUR FILES) and install that distro. You'll get a large speed increase going from flash drive to proper install.