Ubuntu
eglibc package

  1. Bug #417757
  2. Comment #79

Comment 79 for bug 417757

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jordan.sc (jordanjsc) wrote : Re: [karmic regression] all network apps / browsers suffer from multi-second delays by default due to IPv6 DNS lookups

@Jeroen Massar #78: You wrote "the problem lies in your DSL/cable modem, not in Ubuntu". I'd like to make a few points.

1) No IPv6 slowdowns in Jaunty or Mint 7 (which both have IPv6 enabled) anywhere I've tried. Which "features" of the internet am I not using in Jaunty but am using in Karmic?

2) Serious slowdowns with Karmic at a local coffeehouse, my place of business and the airport where I have no control over their modems.

3) OpenDNS, etc. remove some features of Firefox such as "automatically" determining which site I'd like to go to when I type key words into the address bar. If I enter "ubuntu forums", Firefox will take me to http://ubuntuforums.org/. OpenDNS will not do that.

4) Bottom line is that this needs to be fixed/patched/whatever so that most anybody trying Ubuntu for the first time will have a good experience. Currently, for many, Ubuntu cannot provide such an experience.