On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 05:52:12PM +0100, Kaashif Hymabaccus wrote:
> [...]
> I know this isn't a problem with my hardware (a ThinkPad T61) being
> slow,
> [...]
Definitely, my R61 starts a Python HTTP server almost instantly.
> Seeing as the problem
> is worst with programs that access the network, maybe the problem has
> something to do with that?
> [...]
Could be a problem with name resolution. Do you have an entry for your
hostname in /etc/hosts? How quick is name resolution in general, i.e.
via something like
host localhost
host `hostname -s`
host openbsd.org
--
Gregor Best
