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 ## System requirements
 
-- A not too ancient Linux, Windows 10 or later, or macOS 10.15 or later.
+- A not too ancient Linux (usually, only the latest releases of distributions
+  are actively supported), Windows 10 or later, or macOS 10.15 or later.
 - A somewhat capable CPU. Hardware decoding might help if the CPU is too slow to
   decode video in realtime, but must be explicitly enabled with the `--hwdec`
   option.