docs: update information on Linux support (#26265)

* docs: remove stale info from version support doc

* attempt to update binary info?
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@ -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