Read this blog, it has some very interesting info: Debian and localhost.localdomain http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2007/01/debian_and_localhostlocaldomai.html
-- [feisty] Slow gnome application startup due to /etc/hosts misconfiguration https://launchpad.net/bugs/94048 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
