{"id":1457,"date":"2024-12-09T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T00:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-highlights-and-news-from-december-8th-2024\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T06:15:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T06:15:28","slug":"9to5linux-weekly-roundup-highlights-and-news-from-december-8th-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-highlights-and-news-from-december-8th-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: Highlights and News from December 8th, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 217th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here, bringing you the latest significant updates from the Linux community for the week ending December 8th, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>This week was highlighted by the announcement of Linux kernel 6.12 as a Long-Term Support (LTS) release, new NVIDIA 565 graphics drivers, the unveiling of Debian 13\u2019s default theme, and the end of life for both Linux kernel 6.11 and 4.19. 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