So digging around, seems like you've already figured that part out about persistence in another post. I'm still playing with it but, as far as that being a factor in trying live - kind of a moot point. If Ventoy works, then use it. If persistence is the hang up, grab another HD and use it just for Linux.
What machine are you using; make/model, graphics, CPU, age? That would provide much more info for the subject.
It started back in the Sun Microsystems days and that eventually led me to discover and try out Linux.
This was in the pre-GUI days and I found it to be a great base for creating a file server, among other things.
I started using BSD(UNIX) and then Red Hat as my daily driver several years ago and moved to Fedora and finally Ubuntu based OS's.
Needless to say, I have been at it for a long time.
Hi and welcome to the forums.
So, I guess you never really switched from Windows? 
I use Windows at work. Only.
That being said, I really don't have anything against Windows.
I think most people, even Linux enthusiasts, still continue to use Windows and MacOS for one reason or another. Which makes sense of course, one has to use the tools provided. At home it's different though, it's a choice that you can make (even when you are not aware that there are any).
Recently, the Linux desktop market share reached a milestone of 3%. This is impressive, to me at least, if you consider how despite computers being so powerful, and companies like Microsoft and Apple pour in an absurd amount of money to polish their OS's, yet people are still interested in looking for alternatives.
It is a great milestone. If you count Chrome OS, the percentage is around 7%, or even higher with the various mobile OS versions.
Depending on how you count it you get different readings. This is only considering desktop operating systems:
Source: Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats
Chrome OS is also unix then why linux isn't 7% ? Because free and corporation?
"Linux" in this context probably means the "classic" combination of the Linux kernel and the GNU operating system. ChromeOS is a Linux-based operating system, but it's different enough to not consider it under the same category, just like Android.
I was just trying to see what linux is about. I had my doubts that it would be hard to install and everything since I never did OS installation myself. Also my laptop was getting slower and slower and then I decided to install it and give it a try.
Im not using it professionally for my job because im .net dev and I have business laptop which im using for it.
Good experience so far. Has its cons obviously but nothing is perfect.
I was happy with Windows 11 for a year. But my laptop was becoming really slow at every update and my C drive was fulfilled with junk.
I used CCleaner, Reg Organizer, but nothing really helped.
The second thing that made me switch to Linux is my broken licence key. I was trying to get Windows 11 Pro for free (yeah, that was stupid) and I ended up with a Windows 11 Pro without a licence key. I couldn't even revert to the Home version!
That made me switch to Linux. First, I tried Elementary OS, it was too much laggy, so I decided to install Linux Mint. After 7 (or 6, IDK) distrohops I installed Zorin OS 16 Core.
Now Zorin OS is my daily driver.
You can always try Ubuntu WSL from the Microsoft store; not quite a 'full' install, not quite a 'vm' either.
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