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bernard78
August 7th, 2009, 10:41 AM
Why does it take such a long time to launch an application ?


whevever I have no internet connection. Launching OpenOffice for instance, or just an Xterm will take as much as 20 to 30 seconds, while the same calls are almost instant if I have an Internet Connection running. Launching an Xterm does not need Internet though...


I am running Ubuntu 8.04 on a DELL Inspiron 1525


Thanks in advance for hints or advices so as to solve this problem.