I used the fish shell for some time now and I'm really happy with it. The highlighting, the command completion etc. are great. Today I want to show you how to install it and use it as default shell in Ubuntu. Ok let's start by installing the fish package from the Ubuntu repository with the following command: If you want the newest version you can go to the developer website and download the newest .deb file for Ubuntu. Next we need to set fish as the default shell. Execute the following command, log out and login again and when you now open a shell it should show the fish shell. It's worth read the documentation about the fish shell because it's very powerful and has a lot of useful features you surely dreamed of. ...