Date: 2017oct15 Updated: 2017nov27 OS: Linux Keywords: console, curses, ncurses Q. Linux: Short list of TUI (Text User Interface) applications A. top / htop ----------- System use monitors Install:

dnf install top htop

Run with:

top htop

htop has color by default gtop ---- https://github.com/aksakalli/gtop s-tui ----- Shows scrolling curses graphs of system use. pip s-tui gping ----- https://github.com/orf/gping Glances ------- Does a bit more than top / htop NetworkManager -------------- Install:

dnf install NetworkManager-tui

Run with

nmtui

Watch ----- Re-run a command every 10 seconds full screen eg

watch date watch ps axf watch vmstat

Editors ------- vim / emacs / nano GUI Screen ---------- A window manager Finch ----- Instant messenger like Pidgin Web Browsers ------------ Lynx / w3m Mail Clients ------------ pine / mutt Ask a question -------------- The dialog command can be used popup a box to ask the user a question. ncurses is the best known library. More info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text-based_user_interface