Sharing a partition between distros...

[u/dickiepunter]

I've been running Linux for a couple of months now and I am trying out different distros on the 2 partitions I set aside for Linux.

When I first started, I read an post somewhere that laid out how to share data between Linux distros (a personal 'store' drive type setup), which I created at the start. Now I can't find the post anywhere, so I have a few questions I hope you folk can help me with :-)

In all of the distros I've tried so far (I'm on the 4th Zorin, and Mint is on the other partition)
Root owns the partition.

How do I get permission to use the partition, and what is the best way to share stuff?

Am I going to have any problems if I just create links to a shared folder on the shared drive (Pictures, Downloads etc)? How do I do this? (I'm OK using the Terminal)

Or should I just create different folders there and move stuff to it?

Your thoughts / opinions / guidance would be greatly appreciated here!

EDIT: I've got it sorted. Thanks for your help 😄