From f0bcbdcf764b2bf477c301a05c716d43e92e44fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nanahi <130121847+na-na-hi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2024 14:37:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] README: specify the meaning of "not too ancient Linux"

Commits like 3b198668821685295e1e122df92adfbacc55a8f5 show that in
practice, only the lastest releases of popular distributions are
supported.
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 README.md | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ Releases can be found on the [release list][releases].
 
 ## 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.