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for some odd reason, my ubuntu system is exceptionally slow in terms of networking over the internet compared to my XP box, especially when it comes to Firefox.  so i looked into it and found that there's a little optimization you can do:

• type "about:config" in the URL address bar.
• find the configuration for network.dns.disableIPv6.
• set it equal to "true" (it should be false).

apparently, most routers can't handle IPv6.  I applied this to both my browsers on XP and Ubuntu and they definitely feel faster.