Xubuntu installs - live, USB, or going back to Xfce

[jenaniston]

What is the "nicest" way to get a full install of the lightweight Xfce desktop in Ubuntu ?

Are there live versions of Xubuntu - do any fit on a 1 GB USB pendrive ?

Do people do a direct full install Xubuntu to a hard drive partition - or even a USB partition /hard drive ?

Or is the recommended . . . and a bit messy but OK . . . only way to have a Xfce desktop
is by first fully installing Ubuntu (or Kubuntu) -
and then apt-get remove out all the gnome or kde desktop envirinment files,
as this link suggests . . .http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purexfcejaunty

What is your experience ?

Thank you very much.

[jenaniston]

I'll add, . . . or if we already have a Ubuntu 9.04 Live USB . . .
can we then make the live version into an Xfce desktop - by apt-get removing the long list of gnome files
and then followed by the apt-get install xfce-desktop ?

Would such a live version Xubuntu then "Install to Hard Disk" as Xfce / Xubuntu ? (probably not)