Name resolution painfully slow

[Senectus .]

For some reason DNS name resolution is SOOOO SLOW when I'm in ubuntu,
but when I boot back to windows its very quick.
This makes me think I've configured something wrong locally.. can
someone suggest what to look for?

Thanks

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