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[Roger]

I'm using ubuntu, latest updates and drupal7 devel site on my pc
localhost/drupal takes about 40+ seconds to start, where as the same 
drupal on the remote server starts in 5-8 seconds.
Apache2 is a basic install no modifications so I'm lost as to why it 
takes so long to start drupal.
Same set up in Fedora 14 is quite fast, 5-8 seconds

Seems like there's a file that apache2 reads  that slows/confuses things.
What should I be looking for to speed up the loading please.

thanks in advance
Roger