In response to your edit - agreed wholeheartedly. To any Linux developer/admin who hasn't used it - if you want to push your terminal wizardry to the next leve

In response to your edit - agreed wholeheartedly. To any Linux developer/admin who hasn't used it - if you want to push your terminal wizardry to the next level, make a concerted effort to learn Screen. Once you get the basic commands down (and these Ubuntu modifications should help the learning curve) it really does save a lot of time.