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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) by markrian on Thursday April 23, 2020 @07:20AM (#22954771)
You can install the [python-is-python3][0] package on 20.04, which symlinks /usr/bin/python to python3.

[0]: https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/python-is-python3

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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) by globular-toast on Thursday April 23, 2020 @08:00AM (#22955019)
I saw that, but it's not the default setting. You can't just write a python script and expect it to work on Ubuntu without putting python3 in the shebang.
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