How to block any website in Linux - Ubuntu LTS

You don't need any fancy application to block websites in your personal machine. Because, the technic we are going to deploy is supported by any operating system. I already demonstrated this using Windows 7 & 8 in my YouTube Channel.

STEPS:

1. Open terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T
2. Type cd /etc and press enter key
3. Now, type sudo gedit hosts
4. Notepad will open, you need to add this line

127.0.0.1      <www.website.com>

Example:

127.0.0.1       www.google.com

Results:

• Save the hosts file
  
• Open your browser and type www.google.com
• It should be blocked by now, if not, remove your cache by pressing Shift+Ctrl+R and check again.

Block websites in WINDOWS OS:

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