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Updated for arm and armv7l documentation (#11825)

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* Updated for arm and armv7l documentation

Cleared up the confusion caused by arm or armv7l  mentioned somewhere and not mentioned elsewhere

* 📝 Improve wording a bit.
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@ -18,9 +18,13 @@ Please note, the `ARM` version of Windows is not supported for now.
### Linux ### Linux
The prebuilt `ia32` (`i686`) and `x64` (`amd64`) binaries of Electron are built on The prebuilt `ia32` (`i686`) and `x64` (`amd64`) binaries of Electron are built on
Ubuntu 12.04, the `arm` binary is built against ARM v7 with hard-float ABI and Ubuntu 12.04, the `armv7l` binary is built against ARM v7 with hard-float ABI and
NEON for Debian Wheezy. NEON for Debian Wheezy.
[Until the release of Electron 2.0][arm-breaking-change], Electron will also
continue to release the `armv7l` binary with a simple `arm` suffix. Both binaries
are identical.
Whether the prebuilt binary can run on a distribution depends on whether the Whether the prebuilt binary can run on a distribution depends on whether the
distribution includes the libraries that Electron is linked to on the building distribution includes the libraries that Electron is linked to on the building
platform, so only Ubuntu 12.04 is guaranteed to work, but following platforms platform, so only Ubuntu 12.04 is guaranteed to work, but following platforms
@ -29,3 +33,5 @@ are also verified to be able to run the prebuilt binaries of Electron:
* Ubuntu 12.04 and later * Ubuntu 12.04 and later
* Fedora 21 * Fedora 21
* Debian 8 * Debian 8
[arm-breaking-change]: https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/master/docs/tutorial/planned-breaking-changes.md#duplicate-arm-assets