I too have noticed a significant difference in both Feisty and Edgy. Boot times seem slightly quicker as well, but that my be wishful thinking. :) The only difference in mine is I added FQDN. (And the intellitext filter)
127.0.0.1 localhost boat.dnsalias.net boat nasioc.us.intellitxt.com toms.us.intellitxt.com 127.0.1.1 boat.dnsalias.net boat # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts -- [feisty] Slow gnome application startup due to /etc/hosts misconfiguration https://launchpad.net/bugs/94048 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
