Multiple CI and README.md Improvements (backport #324) (backport #341)

[mergify]

This PR makes many improvements to the CI and README.md.
The CI builds are a bit faster now and are run for v5.2, v5.3, and v5.4 of ESP-IDF.
I also removed CI compatibility and mentions of ESP-IDF v4.4, as it's been declared EOL by Espressif for a while now.

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This is part 3 of 4 in a stack made with GitButler:

•  4  Add Support for ESP-IDF v5.5 #325
•  3  Multiple CI and README.md Improvements #324 👈
•  2  Fix rolling builds #323
•  1  Remove atomic patch #329

Changes specific to this PR: c9c54a8

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This is an automatic backport of pull request #324 done by [Mergify](https://mergify.com).

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This is an automatic backport of pull request #341 done by [Mergify](https://mergify.com).

[mergify]

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[Amronos]

ESP-IDF v5.5 failures should be fixed by #325.