Editing /etc/hosts solved my problem. 127.0.1.1 was xxx.brycewhite.com (which wasnt resolving)
By changing this line the slow down of application launching was immediately resolved. It seems that if you have a 127.0.1.1 that doesnt immediatly resolve (firewall/router/invalid dns entry) then this causes the problem. -- [feisty] Slow gnome application startup due to /etc/hosts misconfiguration https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94048 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact for gnome-desktop in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
