{"slug": "linux-7-1-brings-new-ntfs-driver-steam-deck-oled-audio-fix-more", "title": "Linux 7.1 brings new NTFS driver, Steam Deck OLED audio fix + more", "summary": "Linus Torvalds released Linux 7.1, featuring a rewritten NTFS driver, battery reporting for Apple Silicon, a Steam Deck OLED audio fix, improved AMD CPU power management, and Intel Arc Battlemage graphics performance gains, while removing over 140,000 lines of legacy code to enhance maintainability and security.", "body_md": "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 kernel, and its developers no longer carry the burden of having to fix security flaws found by AI models in obsolete drivers to support […]\n\nYou're reading [Linux 7.1 brings new NTFS driver, Steam Deck OLED audio fix + more](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/linux-7-1-kernel-features), a blog post from [OMG! Ubuntu](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk). Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/linux-7-1-brings-new-ntfs-driver-steam-deck-oled-audio-fix-more", "canonical_source": "https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/linux-7-1-kernel-features", "published_at": "2026-06-14 20:21:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-15 00:14:59.856995+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["machine-learning", "ai-safety"], "entities": ["Linus Torvalds", "Linux", "NTFS", "Apple Silicon", "Steam Deck", "AMD", "Intel Arc Battlemage"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/linux-7-1-brings-new-ntfs-driver-steam-deck-oled-audio-fix-more", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/linux-7-1-brings-new-ntfs-driver-steam-deck-oled-audio-fix-more.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/linux-7-1-brings-new-ntfs-driver-steam-deck-oled-audio-fix-more.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/linux-7-1-brings-new-ntfs-driver-steam-deck-oled-audio-fix-more.jsonld"}}