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According to the release notes Ubuntu 16.04 uses Python 3 by default and should not even include include Python 2:

Python 3

Python2 is not installed anymore by default on the server, cloud and the touch images, long live Python3! Python3 itself has been upgraded to the 3.5 series.

However, the command line tells me that not only is Python 2 installed, it is actually the default interpreter:

$ python
Python 2.7.11+ (default, Apr 17 2016, 14:00:29) 
[GCC 5.3.1 20160413] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>

What would be the correct way to set Python 3 as the default interpreter for the whole system?

Please do not ask me to create an alias in .bashrc, that is a lame workaround at best.

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Luís de Sousa
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    Like you wrote: "Python2 is not installed anymore by default *on the server, cloud and the touch images*. Would be silly not to include it on the desktop version, since it is still a widely used version. There was na excellent answer of @Braiam on this, will look it up... http://askubuntu.com/a/777104/72216 – Jacob Vlijm Jun 01 '16 at 16:22

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