This happens every time I decide to try Linux. It's a complete show-stopper. I 
just go back to MS-Windows.

1 - Google search for: debian live usb

The first hit is this: Debian -- Live install images

2 - I click the first hit's link and am taken here:

http://www.debian.org/CD/live/

3 - I see "Is a live image suitable for me?" I already know what a live image 
is, but I read anyway. I read about 'Launcher' and 'Flavors' and 'Size'. I don't 
understand any of it. I think 'Flavors' is about various desktops (i.e., GUIs). Way back 
when, I knew what X-Windows was and used it at a client's site. I don't know anything 
about the desktop choices and I don't understand why Linux has all these choices. I 
assume that all this front-loading means that I can't change desktops after installation.

4 - I see "CD/DVD/USB (via BitTorrent)". Below it, I click the 'amd64' link. 
I'm taken here:

http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/bt-hybrid/

5 - On that page I'm presented with the following list:

debian-live-6.0.6-amd64-gnome-desktop.iso.torrent
debian-live-6.0.6-amd64-kde-desktop.iso.torrent
debian-live-6.0.6-amd64-lxde-desktop.iso.torrent
debian-live-6.0.6-amd64-rescue.iso.torrent
debian-live-6.0.6-amd64-standard.iso.torrent
debian-live-6.0.6-amd64-xfce-desktop.iso.torrent

What do I download? Can't I decide on desktop later? Why do all Linux sites 
seem to talk around subjects without really saying anything?

Thanks for any help you can give - Mark.


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