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NVK Achieves Day-Zero Support for Vulkan 1.4

The Khronos Group recently announced the release of the Vulkan 1.4 specification, and NVK, an open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA hardware, has achieved day-zero conformance with the latest API. This support has been integrated into Mesa and will be available in the upcoming Mesa 25.0 release, scheduled for early 2025.

Low-Cost ESP32-PICO-D4 Board with LoRa, Wi-Fi, and BLE Connectivity

Unlike other LILYGO products with LoRa support, such as the T5 E-Paper S3 Pro, the T3 S3 LR1121, and the T-Deck Plus, this device incorporates the ESP32-PICO-D4 SoC, which includes Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.2 BR/EDR, Bluetooth LE functionalities, and 4MB Quad-SPI flash memory.

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Arti 1.3.1 is released: onion services, RPC, relay development, and more

This release continues development on Arti Relay and the RPC subsystem, and adds the initial scaffolding for service-side proof-of-work support. It also contains a number of bugfixes, cleanups, as well as improvements to our CI infrastructure.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 28, 2023

How to Install PHP 8 on RHEL 8 / Rocky Linux 8 / CentOS 8

PHP 8, the latest major release of the popular server-side scripting language, comes with numerous exciting features and performance enhancements.
Cheat – The Ultimate Linux Commands Cheat Sheet for Beginners and Administrators
How To Install FFmpeg on Debian 12

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install FFmpeg on Debian 12. Video and multimedia processing has become an essential part of modern applications and platforms. FFmpeg, a powerful open-source software, enables users to manipulate, convert, and stream audio and video files with ease.
How To Install MariaDB on Debian 12

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install MariaDB on Debian 12. For those of you who didn’t know, MariaDB is a robust and widely-used open-source database management system. Offering high performance, scalability, and advanced features, it has become a popular choice for developers and enterprises alike.

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