If you are using ubuntu for the first time (just like me) one thing you may have noticed is that ll alias is not set by default, to do that just edit your ~/.bashrc and uncomment or add the line "alias ll='ls -l'" now the next time you start a shell window that alias will be loaded.
# some more ls aliases
alias ll='ls -l'
#alias la='ls -A'
#alias l='ls -CF'
# some more ls aliases
alias ll='ls -l'
#alias la='ls -A'
#alias l='ls -CF'