there is more information in this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=388765
and I some (many?) people have replied that they have the same behavior. I can not test it or provide information as I'm not on Feisty yet and it seems only to occur on Feisty. -- [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