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    Adding PIXEL to Raspbian Lite

Flash Raspbian Lite as normal. Run raspi-config and setup whatever
you would to for console only mode. I usually change password, hostname
and activate SSH server as a initial setup.
Adding wifi from console (optional)

sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
Add the bottom of the file
network={
  ssid="YOUR_SSID"
  psk="YOUR_PASSWORD"
}

Save and reboot
Touchscreen (optional)

For touchscreen display edit /boot/config.txt on the newly flashed card and add the line
lcd_rotate=2 at a location of your choice in the file.
Run all updates

Reduces that anything goes wrong int the following steps
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

# you only have to reboot if there were any updates that needed it
# if unsure do it anyway
sudo reboot

Adding GUI

This will get you a really stripped down PIXEL installation
Tested on Jessi and Stretch
sudo apt-get install -y raspberrypi-ui-mods rpi-chromium-mods
sudo reboot
This will pull in all packages needed for GUI + rpi modified Chromium web browser
and is all you need for a "basic" setup. It will take some time though. The download
will go fast but decompressing and installing is tough even on a Rpi 3.
I will do some tests but you might want to install lightdm using
sudo apt-get install lightdm as well.
If you want to enable autologin you have to run raspi-config again and select
"Boot option"->"Desktop / CLI"->"Desktop autologin"