I use a slightly modified version of the spf13 distribution.
sudo apt-get -y install vim vim-gnome exuberant-ctags
cp ~/projects/Ubuntu-Installer/.ctags ~/
curl http://j.mp/spf13-vim3 -L -o - | sh
cp ~/projects/Ubuntu-Installer/.vimrc.local ~/
cp ~/projects/Ubuntu-Installer/.vimrc.before.local ~/