diff --git a/extra/.bashrc b/extra/.bashrc
index f0808e55..95e3e022 100644
--- a/extra/.bashrc
+++ b/extra/.bashrc
@@ -5,10 +5,139 @@
 # If not running interactively, don't do anything
 [[ $- != *i* ]] && return
 
-alias ls='ls --color=auto'
+# Make colorcoding available for everyone
+
+Black='\e[0;30m'        # Black
+Red='\e[0;31m'          # Red
+Green='\e[0;32m'        # Green
+Yellow='\e[0;33m'       # Yellow
+Blue='\e[0;34m'         # Blue
+Purple='\e[0;35m'       # Purple
+Cyan='\e[0;36m'         # Cyan
+White='\e[0;37m'        # White
+
+# Bold
+BBlack='\e[1;30m'       # Black
+BRed='\e[1;31m'         # Red
+BGreen='\e[1;32m'       # Green
+BYellow='\e[1;33m'      # Yellow
+BBlue='\e[1;34m'        # Blue
+BPurple='\e[1;35m'      # Purple
+BCyan='\e[1;36m'        # Cyan
+BWhite='\e[1;37m'       # White
+
+# Background
+On_Black='\e[40m'       # Black
+On_Red='\e[41m'         # Red
+On_Green='\e[42m'       # Green
+On_Yellow='\e[43m'      # Yellow
+On_Blue='\e[44m'        # Blue
+On_Purple='\e[45m'      # Purple
+On_Cyan='\e[46m'        # Cyan
+On_White='\e[47m'       # White
+
+NC="\e[m"               # Color Reset
+
+
+# new alert text
+ALERT=${BWhite}${On_Red} # Bold White on red background
+
+# mostly used alias functions
+
+alias cls="clear"
+alias ..="cd .."
+alias cd..="cd .."
+alias ls="ls -CF --color=auto"
+alias ll="ls -lisa --color=auto"
+alias lsl="ls -lhFA | less"
+alias home="cd ~"
+alias df="df -ahiT --total"
+alias mkdir="mkdir -pv"
+alias userlist="cut -d: -f1 /etc/passwd"
+alias fhere="find . -name "
+alias free="free -mt"
+alias du="du -ach | sort -h"
+alias ps="ps auxf"
+alias psgrep="ps aux | grep -v grep | grep -i -e VSZ -e"
+alias wget="wget -c"
+alias histg="history | grep"
+alias myip="curl http://ipecho.net/plain; echo"
+alias logs="find /var/log -type f -exec file {} \; | grep 'text' | cut -d' ' -f1 | sed -e's/:$//g' | grep -v '[0-9]$' | xargs tail -f"
+alias folders='find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -print0 | xargs -0 du -sk | sort -rn'
 alias grep='grep --color=auto'
 
-export PS1="\[\033[38;5;12m\][\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;10m\]\u\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;12m\]@\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;7m\]\h\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;12m\]]\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\]: \[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;7m\]\w\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;12m\]>\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;10m\]\\$\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\] \[$(tput sgr0)\]"
+# Creates an archive (*.tar.gz) from given directory.
+function maketar() { tar cvzf "${1%%/}.tar.gz"  "${1%%/}/"; }
+
+# Create a ZIP archive of a file or folder.
+function makezip() { zip -r "${1%%/}.zip" "$1" ; }
+
+function extract {
+ if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    # display usage if no parameters given
+    echo "Usage: extract <path/file_name>.<zip|rar|bz2|gz|tar|tbz2|tgz|Z|7z|xz|ex|tar.bz2|tar.gz|tar.xz>"
+ else
+    if [ -f $1 ] ; then
+        # NAME=${1%.*}
+        # mkdir $NAME && cd $NAME
+        case $1 in
+          *.tar.bz2)   tar xvjf ../$1    ;;
+          *.tar.gz)    tar xvzf ../$1    ;;
+          *.tar.xz)    tar xvJf ../$1    ;;
+          *.lzma)      unlzma ../$1      ;;
+          *.bz2)       bunzip2 ../$1     ;;
+          *.rar)       unrar x -ad ../$1 ;;
+          *.gz)        gunzip ../$1      ;;
+          *.tar)       tar xvf ../$1     ;;
+          *.tbz2)      tar xvjf ../$1    ;;
+          *.tgz)       tar xvzf ../$1    ;;
+          *.zip)       unzip ../$1       ;;
+          *.Z)         uncompress ../$1  ;;
+          *.7z)        7z x ../$1        ;;
+          *.xz)        unxz ../$1        ;;
+          *.exe)       cabextract ../$1  ;;
+          *)           echo "extract: '$1' - unknown archive method" ;;
+        esac
+    else
+        echo "$1 - file does not exist"
+    fi
+fi
+}
+
+# jump directorys upwards until it hits a directory with multiple folders
+up(){
+  local d=""
+  limit=$1
+  for ((i=1 ; i <= limit ; i++))
+    do
+      d=$d/..
+    done
+  d=$(echo $d | sed 's/^\///')
+  if [ -z "$d" ]; then
+    d=..
+  fi
+  cd $d
+}
+
+# create an directory and directly cd into it
+mcd () {
+  mkdir -p $1
+  cd $1
+}
+
+# finds out your real online IP
+function my_ip() # Get IP adress.
+{
+    MY_IP=$(/sbin/ifconfig enp2s0 | awk '/inet/ { print $2 } ' |
+      sed -e s/addr://)
+    echo ${MY_IP:-"Not connected"}
+}
+
+# set PATH so it includes user's private bin directories
+PATH="$HOME/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+
+
+export PS1="\[\033[38;5;12m\][\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;9m\]\u\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;12m\]@\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;7m\]\h\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;12m\]]\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\]: \[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;7m\]\w\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;12m\]>\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;9m\]\\$\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\] \[$(tput sgr0)\]"
 
 [ -e "/etc/DIR_COLORS" ] && DIR_COLORS="/etc/DIR_COLORS"
 [ -e "$HOME/.dircolors" ] && DIR_COLORS="$HOME/.dircolors"