eDEX-UI – The Tron-Inspired Terminal Emulator for Linux

Last Updated : 02 Aug, 2022

Linux users often deal with the terminal but the look and feel of the terminal may be boring. Everyone wants a terminal that looks like a sci-fi movie screen. Then eDEX-UI will end your wait. eDEX-UI is a Sci-Fi inspired terminal emulator and system monitor. It gives a futuristic theme to the terminal. It is an open-source project and completely free to use. It is built using the electron framework means it can work on multiple platforms like Linux and Mac.

Features of eDEX-UI:

Multiple tabs, colors, and mouse events support.
Support for Real-time system monitoring like CPU, RAM, and Swap usages and network speeds.
Touch-enabled displays are supported.
On-screen keyboard.
Current Directory viewer.
Advanced customization options using CSS injections and themes.
Sound effects.

Installation of eDEX-UI

To install eDEX-UI, download the binary files for installation using wget command.

64-bit Machines

wget -c https://github.com/GitSquared/edex-ui/releases/download/v2.2.2/eDEX-UI.Linux.x86_64.AppImage

32-bit Machines

wget -c https://github.com/GitSquared/edex-ui/releases/download/v2.2.2/eDEX-UI.Linux.i386.AppImage

After downloading go to the downloaded directory and use chmod command to provide the execute permission.

chmod +x eDEX-UI.Linux.x86_64.AppImage

Next, to run the terminal use the following command –

./eDEX-UI.Linux.x86_64.AppImage

Below is the terminal shell pictorial depiction after executing the following command –

Next, it will ask if you want to add it to your application list and taskbar. You can select yes or no as per your choice here. Though it is better to go with the yes option so that later quickly you can start the program from the menu.

Then the installation will be completed and the terminal will start running.

Below is the video demonstration for the same –

Customization:

eDEX-UI provides various customization options using its settings menu, you can launch the settings menu of eDEX-UI by selecting the settings option from the FILESYSTEM tab in the bottom left corner. The settings option will help you to customize different options such as default shell, onscreen display, working directory, and many more.

We can also change the look of the eDEX-UI by applying various inbuilt themes. To change the themes, we need to navigate to the themes folder from the FILESYSTEM tab in the bottom left. Then double-click on the specific theme that we want to apply.