How can I recover my username and reset my password on Linux Mint?

I figured it out! I used the command `ls /home` and found my username there. Luckily, my password was the same as before.

You can check your username by logging into any account and looking in the `/etc/passwd` file. If you can't log in at all, try using a USB live distro to mount your system partition and access that file directly. To change your password, you'll need root access and use the command `passwd `.

To access your username, restart your machine. For older BIOS systems, hold the key during boot, or repeatedly hit for UEFI systems to reach the grub menu. Look for an option like 'advanced boot' to access a root shell. You can list all user accounts with `cat /etc/passwd`. Just remember that user accounts are case-sensitive!

There aren't prompts, just commands you need to use. If you know your password but can't remember your username, boot into a live environment and check the home directories on your drive. That’s an easy way to find your username.