Linux 7.1 brings new NTFS driver, Steam Deck OLED audio fix + more (opens in new tab)

Linus Torvalds has announced the release of Linux 7.1 with a rewritten NTFS filesystem driver, battery reporting for Apple Silicon devices and a Steam Deck OLED audio fix. Other notable changes include improved power-management switching on AMD CPUs, performance gains for Intel Arc Battlemage graphics and, unusually, a big set of legacy hardware removals that saw over 140,000 lines of code dropped. The loss of legacy hardware drivers has a purpose: a leaner kernel is a more maintainable kerne...