My initial configuration involves making the gdm login screen looking nicer by adding my own graphic, turning off the title bar, editing the welcome message, and adding the System menu. The relevant lines in /etc/gdm/gdm.conf are:
TitleBar=false Logo=/usr/local/share/pixmaps/tux.jpg SystemMenu=true Welcome=Togaware Australia\n\nWelcome to %n\n\nDebian GNU/%s %r %m
I have numerous file systems NFS mounted, as identified in /etc/fstab:
ktw:/home /home nfs defaults 0 0 ktw:/usr/local /usr/local nfs defaults 0 0 ktw:/var/lib/cvs /var/lib/cvs nfs defaults 0 0 ktw:/ktwnet/altrop /ktwnet/altrop nfs defaults 0 0