Xfce is very, very, very slow

[Renaud OLGIATI (Ron)]

On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:15:44 +0100
Hartmut Haase <hha4491 at web.de> wrote:

> > if this does not contain an entry for localhost  

> it does, BUT a few weeks ago I added a bunch of enries to avoid that 
> they can be opened by a web browser (e. g. facebook). I'll delete them 
> and see what happens.

I use a /etc/hosts of around 10.000 entries for ad blocking, with no visible slowing down of XFCE.
 
Cheers,
 
Ron.
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