Nice. That did the trick. 

Anyone else tried to get gdm to start automatically under the gnome version? It seems to be disabled somewhere that's less than obvious (to me anyway) 

You just have to have no life at all  I'm taking a bit of a break after this next one is done. Hope you all enjoy them.

RawgDawg, I think it could definitely be used in a classroom. Send me a PM and we can talk a bit about it.

Installing Gnome 64-bit as we speak. I also pulled down the KDE version, just so I could put it on something to see the differences. Looks great so far from looking at it booted off the live cd.

The cover they put together sure doesn't do anything for me 

Been slaving away and have a couple new books coming out in June:


Cyber Warfare: Techniques, Tactics and Tools for Security Practitioners
http://www.syngress.com/hacking-and-penetration-testing/Cyber-Warfare/

and


The Basics of Information Security: Understanding the Fundamentals of InfoSec in Theory and Practice
http://www.syngress.com/information-security-and-system-administrators/The-Basics-of-Information-Security/

Both are (finally) up for pre-order on Syngress.com and Amazon.com.

Also, Ryan (Apollo) and I are working on another super-secret book right now, and it should be out just in time to show up at DerbyCon 

I presently have both a Kindle 3 and a Nook Color. I've tried to use both for both technical books and for entertainment reading. For reading novels, ebook readers are awesome. I've gotten rid of a massive amount of random paperbacks and have picked up the electronic versions where I cared to. Either reader works well for these, and the screen being color or not just isn't a factor with this type of reading. I'm able to take a huge collection of books on trips and absolutely love being able to do so.

For tech books, they both suck equally. Formatting of graphics is horribly inconsistent from one book to another, sometimes they're ok, but much of the time they're awful. As yatz mentioned, not being able to easily move around in a tech book is a problem. Most of the time, these are not front to back reads, but reference material, and this is definitely a problem. Also, when I'm trying to research something or am looking for a solution in a particular area, I'll have a stack of relevant books under, around, and on my desk with various bookmarks, propped open, etc... this is really only doable, presently, in dead tree format.  The color screen for tech books, again, not really a big deal. Most of the books that I have are in b&w anyway.

As a last note, the Nook Color is going back. The interface is more complicated and the backlit screen hurts my eyes when I read it in the dark. I'm also not sure whether a touch screen is the way to go for a reader. Having fingerprints all over a screen that you're staring at for extender periods of time is bothersome.

I thought it was pretty funny. Definitely not something to be taken as making any sort of serious statement or any sort of a commentary on the profession. I imagine, due to it being a 30 min comedy and due to Christian Slater being involved (considering his recent track record) it will flop after a few episodes though.

Very cool 

Rackmount systems are great for cramming a lot of gear in a small space, but you should either get a system or case that you can get your hands on first, or start with just one to check it out. I built a couple 1U systems for my lab a bit back, then ended up switching them to desktop cases. The fans in them were so loud that I couldn't stand to have them on for any extended period of time. There are steps that you can take to make them more quiet, but be aware that rackmount systems and cases are not generally designed with being quiet as a priority.

You can also get some of these:

http://www.dantraknet.com/item/57

to mount deeper devices on a 2 poster. I've got a couple deep switches and a server with those on them and they work beautifully.

Not only icky, but covered in cooties as well 

True enough, but there are a few gui tools in there, such as OpenVAS, and its always nice to be able to run a bazilion terminals in a decent desktop environment. KDE is just icky 

Awesome, BT with Gnome  Having to sully myself with KDE has been my chief complaint about using it.

Stay tuned. Something very much like what you describe is in the works, and we hope to have exactly such an environment available in the near future. When we have the beta environment nailed down, we'll be pinging the EH netters to test it out, so get your l337 h4X0r Sk1ll2 warmed up.