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2020-06-162020-06-16

Using Docker with Windows 10 Home Edition

It was a disappointment to learn that I can’t use the most recent versions of Docker at home (with my Windows 10 Home Edition) but after digging around a bit, I learned that there’s actually an option, which suits me even better than Docker Desktop for Windows.

2016-09-232019-05-03

Qt Application Fonts Missing or Invisible in Linux (Fixed)

By default Qt does not copy fonts along with your application when you deploy them under Linux. I recently faced this issue and none of the texts or labels on my Qt windows showed anything on them. All labels and text were blank and the forms looked completely empty.

2016-09-192019-05-03

Build Qt Statically for Linux

In this post I’ll describe how to build a static version of Qt under Linux (Ubuntu flavor) and I will use Qt 5.7.0 and Ubuntu 16.04 64-Bit for that matter. Static builds ease the process of app deployment under Linux cause it is quite complex (much more complex than Windows and Mac OS X) so without further ado, here it is.

2016-09-192019-06-22

Build OpenCV Statically for Linux

This post describes how to build an static version of OpenCV for Linux operating systems. I am going to use OpenCV version 3.1.0 and Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit but the process should be more or less the same under CentOS or other flavors of Linux. So let’s start.

2016-06-212019-05-03

How to Get Current User Name in Qt/C++ (for Linux)

You can use the following function to get current user name is Linux. I have tested this on Ubuntu and CentOS flavors but it should also work with other flavors without any issues.