“A real coder doesn’t use an IDE, a real coder uses [insert a text editor name here] with such and such plugins.” We all heard that somewhere. Yet, as much as one can agree with that statement, an IDE remains quite useful. An IDE is easy to set up and use out of the box. […]
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Posts by Adrien Brochard
How to deduplicate files on Linux with dupeGuru
Recently, I was given the task to clean up my father’s files and folders. What made it difficult was the abnormal amount of duplicate files with incorrect names. By keeping a backup on an external drive, simultaneously editing multiple versions of the same file, or even changing the directory structure, the same file can get […]
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How to debug a C/C++ program with Nemiver debugger
If you read my post on GDB, you know how important and useful a debugger I think can be for a C/C++ program. However, if a command line debugger like GDB sounds more like a problem than a solution to you, you might be more interested in Nemiver. Nemiver is a GTK+-based standalone graphical debugger […]
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What is good audio editing software on Linux
Whether you are an amateur musician or just a student recording his professor, you need to edit and work with audio recordings. If for a long time such task was exclusively attributed to Macintosh, this time is over, and Linux now has what it takes to do the job. In short, here is a non-exhaustive […]
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How to use Evernote from the command line on Linux
This week let’s continue our journey into the depth of the Linux command line to manage and organize information. After managing your personal expenses from the command line, I propose you to manage your notes from the command line, in particular, when your notes are stored in Evernote. In case you have never heard about […]
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How to manage your personal expenses from the command line
The Linux command line can be used for many things, like making spreadsheets, playing music, or accessing Facebook or Twitter. And to pursue our dream of ultimate graphic-less knowledge, I propose you today with a tool to manage your personal expenses from the command line. The name is GNU Pem, for Personal Expense Manager. Installation […]
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How to boot on an ISO image from Grub
If you need to use multiple Linux distributions, you do not have so many options. You can either install it, on your machine or in a virtual one, or you can boot on it from an ISO file in live mode. The second option, if less needy in hard drive space, is bothersome as you […]
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What are some obscure but useful Vim commands
If my latest post on the topic did not tip you off, I am a Vim fan. So before some of you start stoning me, let me present you a list of “obscure Vim commands.” What I mean by that is: a collection of commands that you might have not encountered before, but that might […]
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How to create a cool terminal dashboard in Linux
Are you looking for new ways to display information in Linux? Is Conky is too mainstream for you? Are you looking for something more geeky and flexible than screenFetch? Then maybe you should consider making a dashboard in your terminal. And for this, I like to use Hubble, a small application based on the Node […]
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What are useful Bash aliases and functions
As a command line adventurer, you probably found yourself repeating the same lengthy commands over and over. If you always ssh into the same machine, if you always chain the same commands together, or if you constantly run a program with the same flags, you might want to save the precious seconds of your life […]
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