[CLUG] Setting default proxy

[Kevin O'Riordan]

How do you setup a default proxy on a linux system that all console 
applications will use? I heard there's an environment variable but I'm not 
sure what it is. Would prefer to use proxy detection script rather than the 
proxy ip number and host because this is more reliable (am sure it goes to a 
different proxy than the one I'm using), although any working solution would 
be good at this stage.

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