Ubuntu Color in Terminal

In ubuntu, you can actually add colors to the plain old terminal simply by turning on a flag in your terminal settings.

Open your shell prompt and edit the file `.bashrc`, a configuration file for the terminal. It's usually in the home directory.

$ nano ~/.bashrc

Now look for the line and remove the `#`:

# force_color_prompt=yes

Save the changes. Then source the file for the changes to take effect or restart your terminal.

$ source ~/.bashrc

Now you will see your terminal colorized.