In a previous blog entry I described setting up a caching-only DNS server to speed up hostname resolution on Debian systems.  I've recently been playing with Ubuntu and noticed that this hack is not working.

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After 3 years of sticking with Novell, I recently switched away from openSUSE to Debian. There are a few reasons why, but I won't bore you with them. So far I'm liking it. There are a few things to set up before I settle in, and one is slow DNS lookup.

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