byobu

Byobu is a Japanese term for decorative, multi-panel screens that serve as folding room dividers. As an open source project, Byobu is an elegant enhancement of the otherwise functional, plain, practical GNU Screen. Byobu includes an enhanced profile and configuration utilities for the GNU screen window manager, such as toggle-able system status notifications.

How to install Ubuntu 10.04

Applications > Accessories > Terminal:

$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys F430BBA5
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:byobu/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install byobu