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documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml: Supported Distros updated 

I updated the section on the supported distribution section by including
a link to the wiki page that shows what distros we have tested and
their status.

(From yocto-docs rev: e66a18a13dc02af6a0846dd1ecf14aeafcbe5d61)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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<listitem>
<para>A host system running a supported Linux distribution (i.e. recent releases of
Fedora, openSUSE, Debian, and Ubuntu).
<note>
For notes about using the Yocto Project on development systems that use
older Linux distributions see
<ulink url='https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/BuildingOnRHEL4'></ulink>
</note></para>
If the host system supports multiple cores and threads, you can configure the
Yocto Project build system to increase the time needed to build images
significantly.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>The right packages.</para>
@ -147,15 +146,23 @@
<title>The Linux Distribution</title>
<para>
The Yocto Project has been tested and is known to work on the current releases minus one
of the following distributions.
Follow this <ulink url='https://wiki.pokylinux.org/wiki/Distro_Test'>link </ulink> for more
information on distribution testing.
The Yocto Project team is continually verifying more and more Linux
distributions with each release.
In general, if you have the current release minus one of the following
distributions you should no problems.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Ubuntu</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fedora</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>openSUSE</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
For a list of the distributions under validation and their status, see the
<ulink url='https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Distribution_Support'>Distribution
Support</ulink> wiki page.
<note>
For notes about using the Yocto Project on a RHEL 4-based host, see the
<ulink url='https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/BuildingOnRHEL4'>BuildingOnRHEL4</ulink>
wiki page.
</note>
</para>
<para>
The build system should be able to run on any modern distribution with Python 2.6 or 2.7.
@ -169,7 +176,7 @@
Refer to
<ulink url='http://openembedded.net/index.php?title=OEandYourDistro&amp;action=historysubmit&amp;diff=4309&amp;okdid=4225'>OE and Your Distro</ulink> and
<ulink url='http://openembedded.net/index.php?title=Required_software&amp;action=historysubmit&amp;diff=4311&amp;oldid=4251'>Required Software</ulink>
for information for other distributions used with the Open Embedded project, which might be
for information for other distributions used with the OpenEmbedded project, which might be
a starting point for exploration.
If you go down this path, you should expect problems.
When you do, please go to <ulink url='http://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org'>Yocto Project Bugzilla</ulink>
@ -189,7 +196,8 @@
<note><para>
If you are using a Fedora version prior to version 15, you will need to take some
extra steps to enable <filename>sudo</filename>.
See <ulink url='https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Configuring_Sudo'></ulink> for details.
See the <ulink url='https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Configuring_Sudo'>Configuring Sudo</ulink>
wiki page for details.
</para></note>
<para>