From f61dedb7e5babef35f3aa81d71646c2983d08b6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Erick Zhao Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2020 23:24:34 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] docs: update information on Linux support (#26265) * docs: remove stale info from version support doc * attempt to update binary info? --- docs/tutorial/support.md | 18 +++++------------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/tutorial/support.md b/docs/tutorial/support.md index 8d3f75a11e11..360397f82e72 100644 --- a/docs/tutorial/support.md +++ b/docs/tutorial/support.md @@ -105,21 +105,13 @@ Running apps packaged with previous versions is possible using the ia32 binary. ### Linux -The prebuilt `ia32` (`i686`) and `x64` (`amd64`) binaries of Electron are built on -Ubuntu 12.04, the `armv7l` binary is built against ARM v7 with hard-float ABI and -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. +The prebuilt binaries of Electron are built on Ubuntu 18.04. 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 -platform, so only Ubuntu 12.04 is guaranteed to work, but following platforms +platform, so only Ubuntu 18.04 is guaranteed to work, but following platforms are also verified to be able to run the prebuilt binaries of Electron: -* Ubuntu 12.04 and newer -* Fedora 21 -* Debian 8 - -[arm-breaking-change]: ../breaking-changes.md#duplicate-arm-assets +* Ubuntu 14.04 and newer +* Fedora 24 and newer +* Debian 8 and newer