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Every time I click to open a program or anything, it takes at least 6 seconds to open. Bigger programs take even longer. I right clicked on the desktop and selected "change desktop background" and the thing took like 10 seconds to open. Any reason for this?

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And what are your PC specs. – Uri Herrera Nov 5 '11 at 21:23
Pc specs: AMD Turion(tl-56) 64 x2, 2GB Ram (DDR2) and an ATI HD 3200 (Integrated). – rockr101 Nov 5 '11 at 23:12

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Might be an /etc/hosts misconfiguration: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/94048

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Also make sure opengl is running by following the instructions in the accepted answer here:

http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/27918/getting-opengl-to-work-under-ubuntu

This solved a similar issue for me recently.

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