Note on Installing Linux Mint

I know Linux says you have to use Balena Etcher, but Balena keeps giving me the 'user did not grant permission' crap, even with all the fixes I found online.

I used Ventoy. It was stupid easy and installed fine.

Can't promise it will work for you, but it worked fine for me, on Linux Mint 21.2 “Victoria” Cinnamon, and Ventoy 1.0.96.