Problem: Firefox takes an age to resolve host addresses in Ubuntu.
Solution:
Open Firefox,
type about:config into the address bar, press return,
Scroll down to the entry network.dns.disableIPv6 and set it to TRUE (with a right mouse click).
Surf away.
With thanks to http://www.craigmayhew.com/blog/2009/11/slow-dns-lookups-in-firefox-on-ubuntu-9-10-karmic-koala/
Tuesday 5 January 2010
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