Ah, that definitely makes a lot more sense. Coming from Debian, I'm used to just saying "apt-get install <some window manager>" and switching to it immediately,

Ah, that definitely makes a lot more sense. Coming from Debian, I'm used to just saying "apt-get install <some window manager>" and switching to it immediately, so the Xubuntu/Kubuntu/Edubuntu thing always tripped me up--but I guess the point isn't that you could do it the way I'm used to, but that you can more easily just grab an ISO to default the way you like it. Me, I usually just install a very basic Debian and pile crap on top as I go :)