What ubuntu wallets are people using for DVC, IXC, NMC, NVC, SC, TRC?
If they have a git account, it should be pretty easy. Almost all of the *coins come with a makefile.unix. It's just about having the right dependencies installed.
Take a look at the Primecoin guide in my signature. It has most of the common requirements in the apt-get install line.
For installing from git, you'd use something like:
cd ~/project/src
make -f makefile.unix USE_UPNP=-