[jebblue]

> I still use Linux on servers, but desktop Linux has largely disappeared from my life. Every so often I try to install it here or there, but I typically find the experience disappointing. I was a Fedora fan for a long time, but Fedora became increasingly finicky about where it would install. I switched to Ubuntu, but every installation ends up having some serious problem.

A quick Google search reveals this was the fix and was found in 2008:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1004899

Perhaps I'm some kind of genius at using Google.