diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
index 69e03b5a..e06fea16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     
     # 1) Build HTML from Sphinx
     - name: Build HTML
diff --git a/.github/workflows/compile_driver.yaml b/.github/workflows/compile_driver.yaml
index f78d8033..c4ac0c5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compile_driver.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compile_driver.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     
     # We do some additional logging, just so that we can back-trace the Linux / Ubuntu version
     - name: Compile driver
diff --git a/.github/workflows/compile_software.yaml b/.github/workflows/compile_software.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f0f3666
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/compile_software.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+# A work-flow for compiling the Coyote software examples; for now, we are testing on Ubuntu 20.04
+# This checks no extreme breaking changes were done in the examples & software, i.e. at least it compiles
+name: Compile software
+
+# Run on every push, makes dev and PR reviews easier
+on: push
+
+jobs:
+  compile-kmeans:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    
+    - name: Environment set-up
+      run:
+        mkdir examples_sw/build && sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev
+
+    - name: Compile kmeans
+      run:
+        cd examples_sw/build && cmake ../ -DEXAMPLE=kmeans -DVERBOSITY=ON && make
+
+  compile-multi-threading:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    
+    - name: Environment set-up
+      run:
+        mkdir examples_sw/build && sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev
+
+    - name: Compile multi-threading
+      run:
+        cd examples_sw/build && cmake ../ -DEXAMPLE=multithreading -DVERBOSITY=ON && make
+
+  compile-perf-fpga:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    
+    - name: Environment set-up
+      run:
+        mkdir examples_sw/build && sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev
+  
+    - name: Compile perf FPGA
+      run:
+        cd examples_sw/build && cmake ../ -DEXAMPLE=perf_fpga -DVERBOSITY=ON && make
+
+  compile-perf-local:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    
+    - name: Environment set-up
+      run:
+        mkdir examples_sw/build && sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev
+  
+    - name: Compile perf local
+      run:
+        cd examples_sw/build && cmake ../ -DEXAMPLE=perf_local -DVERBOSITY=ON && make
+
+  compile-reconfigure-shell:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    
+    - name: Environment set-up
+      run:
+        mkdir examples_sw/build && sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev
+  
+    - name: Compile reconfigure shell
+      run:
+        cd examples_sw/build && cmake ../ -DEXAMPLE=reconfigure_shell -DVERBOSITY=ON && make
+
+  compile-streaming-client:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    
+    - name: Environment set-up
+      run:
+        mkdir examples_sw/build && sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev
+  
+    - name: Compile streaming client
+      run:
+        cd examples_sw/build && cmake ../ -DEXAMPLE=streaming_client -DVERBOSITY=ON && make
+
+  compile-streaming-server:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    
+    - name: Environment set-up
+      run:
+        mkdir examples_sw/build && sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev
+  
+    - name: Compile streaming server
+      run:
+        cd examples_sw/build && cmake ../ -DEXAMPLE=streaming_server -DVERBOSITY=ON && make
+
+  compile-tcp-benchmark:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    
+    - name: Environment set-up
+      run:
+        mkdir examples_sw/build && sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev
+  
+    - name: Compile TCP benchmark
+      run:
+        cd examples_sw/build && cmake ../ -DEXAMPLE=tcp_iperf -DVERBOSITY=ON && make
+
+  compile-rdma-client:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    
+    - name: Environment set-up
+      run:
+        mkdir examples_sw/build && sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev
+  
+    - name: Compile RDMA client
+      run:
+        cd examples_sw/build && cmake ../ -DEXAMPLE=rdma_client -DVERBOSITY=ON && make
+
+  compile-rdma-server:  
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    
+    - name: Environment set-up
+      run:
+        mkdir examples_sw/build && sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev
+  
+    - name: Compile RDMA server
+      run:
+        cd examples_sw/build && cmake ../ -DEXAMPLE=rdma_server -DVERBOSITY=ON && make
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmake/FindCoyoteHW.cmake b/cmake/FindCoyoteHW.cmake
index bafd9f2e..9328c1c0 100644
--- a/cmake/FindCoyoteHW.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindCoyoteHW.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Coyote HW package
 #
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 #project(CoyoteHW)
 
 set(IPREPO_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/iprepo)
diff --git a/cmake/FindCoyoteSW.cmake b/cmake/FindCoyoteSW.cmake
index 1f9ded34..44b9d0d2 100644
--- a/cmake/FindCoyoteSW.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindCoyoteSW.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Coyote SW package
 #
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
 # Config
 set(EN_AVX "1" CACHE STRING "AVX enabled.")
diff --git a/cmake/FindVivado.cmake b/cmake/FindVivado.cmake
index 1db955f6..8203e527 100644
--- a/cmake/FindVivado.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindVivado.cmake
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #   VIVADO_FOUND
 #   VIVADO_BINARY
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
 find_path(VIVADO_PATH
   NAMES vivado 
diff --git a/cmake/FindVivadoHLS.cmake b/cmake/FindVivadoHLS.cmake
index 6dc1bd44..eb69b65f 100644
--- a/cmake/FindVivadoHLS.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindVivadoHLS.cmake
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #   VIVADO_HLS_BINARY
 #   VIVADO_HLS_INCLUDE_DIRS
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
 find_path(VIVADO_HLS_PATH
   NAMES vivado_hls vitis_hls
diff --git a/examples_sw/CMakeLists.txt b/examples_sw/CMakeLists.txt
index a3fc635f..59ea140f 100644
--- a/examples_sw/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples_sw/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 project(test)
 
 set(CYT_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../)
@@ -57,11 +57,13 @@ endif()
 if(EXAMPLE STREQUAL "streaming_server")
     set(TARGET_DIR "${CYT_DIR}/examples_sw/apps/streaming_service/server")
     message("** Example: Streaming service - Server (Coyote daemon)")
+    include_directories(${TARGET_DIR}/../include ${TARGET_DIR}/include)
 endif()
 
 if(EXAMPLE STREQUAL "streaming_client")
     set(TARGET_DIR "${CYT_DIR}/examples_sw/apps/streaming_service/client")
     message("** Example: Streaming service - Client")
+    include_directories(${TARGET_DIR}/../include)
 endif()
 
 if(EXAMPLE STREQUAL "multithreading")
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ endif()
 if(EXAMPLE STREQUAL "kmeans")
     set(TARGET_DIR "${CYT_DIR}/examples_sw/apps/kmeans")
     message("** Example: K-Means kernel - Unified memory")
+    include_directories(${TARGET_DIR}/include)
 endif()
 
 # Network - RDMA
@@ -99,6 +102,9 @@ endif()
 #
 set(EXEC test)
 add_executable(${EXEC} ${TARGET_DIR}/main.cpp)
+if(EXAMPLE STREQUAL "kmeans")
+    add_executable(kmeans_utils ${TARGET_DIR}/utils.cpp)
+endif()
 target_link_libraries(${EXEC} PUBLIC Coyote)
 target_link_directories(${EXEC} PUBLIC /usr/local/lib)