Edex-ui is an open source cross-platform terminal emulator that gives you a sci-fi inspired look and useful features. It was originally inspired by the DEX UI project that was no longer maintained. Edex-ui can double as a system monitoring tool for Linux, even though it is more focused on terminal look-and-feel and futuristic themes. How? Because it displays system statistics in the sidebar as you work on the terminal. In fact, the developer mentioned plans to improve it into a usable sysadmin tool.

EDEX – the function of the UI

​Edex-ui is essentially a terminal emulator. You can use it just like a regular terminal to run commands and any other operations performed in the terminal.

It runs in a full-screen sidebar and bottom panel to monitor system and network status. There is also a virtual keyboard for touch devices.

Edex-ui has a directory viewer in the lower left corner.

  • Multiple tags
  • Support the curse
  • Directory viewer to display the contents of the current working directory
  • Display system information, including motherboard information, network status, IP, used network bandwidth, CPU usage, CPU temperature, RAM usage, etc
  • Custom options to change theme, keyboard layout, CSS injection
  • Optional sound effects bring you an appalling atmosphere
  • Cross-platform support (Windows, macOS and Linux)

Install eDEX on Linux

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As mentioned earlier, it supports all major platforms, including Windows, macOS, and of course Linux.

To install it on any Linux distribution, you can from the [] in making version part (https://github.com/GitSquared/edex-ui/releases) to obtain AppImage file, Can also contain (original) (https://itsfoss.com/aur-arch-linux/) [available repository] one (https://repology.org/project/edex-ui/versions) found in it.

If you don’t know, I recommend you read the guide to using AppImage in Linux (https://itsfoss.com/use-appimage-linux/).

You can access the project on its GitHub page and star its repository at any time if you wish.

Experience with EdeX-UI

Inspired by science fiction, I love this terminal simulator. However, I found that it took up a lot of system resources. I don’t have the [check the CPU temperature on Linux system,] (https://itsfoss.com/check-laptop-cpu-temperature-ubuntu/), but the CPU consumption is high.

So if you need it to run in the background or in a separate workspace, as I did, you might want to be aware of this. Beyond that, it’s an impressive tool with useful options like directory viewer and system resource monitoring.

Source: [https://itsfoss.com/edex-ui-sci-fi-terminal/] (https://itsfoss.com/edex-ui-sci-fi-terminal/)

Public id: ArchLinux

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