How to list all serial ports on Linux
by Linux comes with serial communication functionality built-in. Before you can communicate with a device, connected to your PC’s serial port, you just need to know …
Install Qt5 and Qt Creator on Linux
Interested in developing a graphical user interface application for Linux? Not sure where to get started? If you know a little C++, you can’t go …
How to find the IP address of your Raspberry PI
Planning on running your Raspberry PI as a server on your local network? Excellent idea. They’re cheap, powerful and require little power. The perfect solution …
How to do a GIT export like SVN export
Wouldn’t it be great if GIT supported a command like “svn export”? Developers that made the switch from Subversion to GIT can relate to this …
Single window mode for the Lazarus IDE
Does the Lazarus IDE look a bit too old fashioned for your liking? Multiple windows all over your desktop. Don’t let this put you off. …
Enable compiler warnings with CMake
C and C++ compiler toolchains make it possible for us software geeks to build amazing things. Did you know that both GCC and Clang offer …
Show the Git branch in your Bash terminal prompt
Catch yourself typing git status a lot? Yeah, me too. There’s got to be an easier way, right? Luckily there is: fancy-git. It makes it …
How to install build-essential on Fedora
Coming from Debian or Ubuntu and interested in building C or C++ software programs on Fedora? You’ll probably frantically search for a way to install …
