Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck As Much

Re:Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck As Much by TallboyOne on Friday February 22, 2013 @10:46AM (#5264743)

I'd recommend Gas Mask for anyone editing their hosts file:

(Plug for own site with similar stuff): http://pineapple.io/resources/gas-mask

Gas mas direct link: https://code.google.com/p/gmask/

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Re:Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck As Much by 8ig8 on Friday February 22, 2013 @11:56AM (#5265202)

I tried Gas Mask a couple weeks ago, but it crashed every time I tried to edit the file list. I'm running Mountain Lion. At the time, I was busy on a project, so I didn't have any time to troubleshoot. I just gave up and uninstalled it.

It looks to be very useful so hopefully I can get it working sometime soon or at least be able to provide some crash feedback.

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Re:Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck As Much by mih on Friday February 22, 2013 @10:58AM (#5264838)

For windows use http://www.abelhadigital.com/hostsman (free, but closed source). It also has a list of popular 3rd party supplied host files to block unwanted sites, with options to update them

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Re:Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck As Much by makerbreaker on Friday February 22, 2013 @11:04AM (#5264897)

For linux, you can use vim.

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