On Wed, 27 Aug 2014 11:28:01 -0500 Tom Poe wrote:
Can I plug thumb drive into computer, and download Centos directly to thumb drive, then move thumb drive to another desktop and use it like a "live CD" to install it on that computer?
There is a live cd available for Centos 7 (the latest version) that works just that way.
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey