2.0 is not in distributions yet, you probably got the version from 2009. Find your distribution here: http://fishshell.com/files/2.0.0/linux/ http://fishshell.

2.0 is not in distributions yet, you probably got the version from 2009. Find your distribution here: http://fishshell.com/files/2.0.0/linux/ http://fishshell.com/files/2.0.0/linux/ And as others have also said, fish knows nothing of your bash history. It'll work fine with quake; use chsh to change shell for your user.