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As Ansible adoption grows, a challenge can arise: How do organizations track automation efforts across the entire enterprise? A common solution is to establish a Center of Excellence (CoE) for Ansible, helping organizations move from isolated automation efforts to a scalable, coordinated enterprise strategy. What is a Center of Excellence for Ansible?A CoE for Ansible is a group responsible for setting automation standards and promoting Ansible’s collaborative open source nature. The CoE acts as an enablement and governance body, allowing for more effective automation across the organization

For those eager to get their hands on Valve's new Steam Controller, the gaming controller is now shipping...

Valve's Steam Controller Now Shipping  Phoronix

The new Steam Controller from Valve is out now - some early thoughts  GamingOnLinux

I turned a USB drive into a Linux app Swiss Army knife  How-To Geek

AMD is adding HDMI 2.1 support for Linux. That's good news for the Steam Machine.  Ars Technica

I installed a Linux gaming distro and got better frame rates than Windows on the same PC  MakeUseOf

Linux ‘Copy Fail’ flaw lets anyone hijack system privileges. Update ASAP  PCWorld

PlayStation 5 Linux Tested: Steam PC vs Native PS5 Games  Digital Foundry

Omarchy as the Arch Linux based desktop distribution using the Hyprland compositor and led by David Heinemeier Hansson "DHH" is out with a big OS update...

Omarchy 3.7 Linux Distribution Overhauls Gaming Support, Adds Unified CLI  Phoronix

The Best Server Operating System in 2026: A Full Guide on Picking the Right OS for Your Server  openPR.com

CISA flags actively exploited ‘Copy Fail’ Linux kernel flaw enabling root takeover across major distros — unpatched systems may remain vulnerable to attack  Tom's Hardware

Build and command a flying fortress in the playtest of Castle Away  GamingOnLinux

⚡ Weekly Recap: AI-Powered Phishing, Android Spying Tool, Linux Exploit, GitHub RCE & More  The Hacker News

With the GCC 16.1 compiler released last Thursday, I have begun running more compiler benchmarks on this first GCC 16 stable feature release. GCC 16 comes heavy on new changes in being the annual feature release and delivering changes from AMD Zen 6 and Arm AGI CPU support to new C++ features and even the Algol 68 programming language front-end. It's also looking quite good in the performance department relative to the GCC 15 compiler from last year.

GCC 16 Compiler Delivering Some Decent Performance Gains Over GCC 15  Phoronix

Expanded AMD HDMI 2.1 support is coming to Linux  GamingOnLinux

CachyOS is a very fast out-of-the-box Linux distribution and for those concerned about Python performance, the newest updates to this Arch Linux based distribution will provide even better performance...

CachyOS Switches Python To Using Tail-Call Interpreter For 5~15% Better Performance  Phoronix