How to change your software repositories list in Ubuntu

1- create your software repositories list from the sources list generator site below

http://repogen.simplylinux.ch/index.php

then copy the list

2- take a backup of you old list

cd /etc/apt

sudo mv source.list source.list.old

3- paste what you have copied from step one in a new /etc/apt/source.list file

4- sudo apt-get update

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Global bashrc on linux

To be able to set an environment variable or command for all users on linux, you will have to modify the file:

/etc/bashrc

or

/etc/bash.bashrc

Then add an alias at the top for example:

alias vi=vim

Then save the file. To execute the bashrc file do one of the following:

1. Logout and login again

2. Or you can execute the bashrc into the environment using:

[bash#] . /etc/bashrc

Hope you found it useful.

eshta

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