I just re-installed linux 12.04, fresh copy, tweaked everything the way i liked, pretty much identical to how it was.  I then installed Bitcoin-Qt and figured i'd download the entire blockchain before installing Armory again however.....for some unknown reason it takes about an hour to download one day of the blockchain. iv'e been downloading it on and off for over two weeks now and it seems like its getting slower. its taken me several days, two to three hours at a time to download about five days worth of blockchain.

i initially installed 0.8.5, the same version i had on old linux install. iv'e upgraded to 0.8.6 and nothing has gotten better.  The only two things i can think of that have changed since my previous linux install is one i downgraded my cable internet speed from 3Mbps to 2 Mbps.  My download speed has been a steady 2.8 Mbps though so i can't imaging the small difference makes that much of a difference.  The only other thing i can remotely think might be an issue is now my root folder and my home folder span a windows partition.  My root folder is before the windows partition and my Home folder is after it near the end of the hard drive.

I remember the first time i installed bitcoin-qt and armory on my previous Ubuntu install i was able to download the entire blockchain in a day.

anyone think of any other possible problems i'm missing?