I configured the prompt to have a more custom feel on my servers, by adding the following line to my ~/.bashrc file.

Mike originally gave me the code, I just modified it to change the colors and the layout, check out his site at http://lightsandshapes.com

To use this prompt design, add this line to your ~/.bashrc file.

PS1='\[\]\u\[\]@\[\][\h]\[\]:\[\]\w/\[\]\$\[\] '