Today marks the release of Linux kernel 5.17. Doesn’t seem to offer much of anything in the gaming landscape, but there’s hardware support for a bunch of new motherboards and processors. Here’s a basic rundown of what’s new: support for AMD’s new P-State driver for AMD Zen 2 APUs – this is particularly good news for the Steam Deck as that is the APU it’s using and P-State delivers better power efficiency.