Greg Wooledge [2021-08-15 10:30:27] wrote: > On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 04:13:37PM +0200, sp...@caiway.net wrote: >> lou what about >> # apt install xorg fluxbox >> >> $ startx > > In theory that might work (you may also need firmware), but the amount > of bandwidth you'd burn through downloading *all* those packages each > and every time you boot the live image would be an appalling waste.
I expect the vast majority of Debian Live images nowadays are written to USB flash storage rather than to read-only media, so I think it would make a lot of sense for those live images to offer the ability to change the image with things like `apt install`. Personally, I've used (minimal) "normal Debian installs" instead of Debian Live for that reason. Stefan