Changes in chapter02/hostreqs.xml [e70bf8f:1e18041]

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chapter02/hostreqs.xml

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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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     modern Linux distributions. Also note that many distributions will
     place software headers into separate packages, often in the form of
-    <quote>&lt;package-name&gt;-devel</quote> or
-    <quote>&lt;package-name&gt;-dev</quote>. Be sure to install those if
-    your distribution provides them.</para>
+    <literal><replaceable>&lt;package-name&gt;</replaceable>-devel</literal>
+    or
+    <literal><replaceable>&lt;package-name&gt;</replaceable>-dev</literal>.
+    Be sure to install those if your distribution provides them.</para>
 
    <para>Earlier versions of the listed software packages may work, but have
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       older kernels are not enabled and the compiled
       <application>glibc</application> is slightly faster and smaller.
-      As at June 2023, &min-kernel; is the oldest kernel release still
-      supported by the kernel developers.</para>
+      As at Feb 2024, &min-kernel; is the oldest kernel release still
+      supported by the kernel developers.  Some kernel releases older than
+      &min-kernel; may be still supported by third-party teams, but they
+      are not considered official upstream kernel releases; read
+      <ulink url='https://kernel.org/category/releases.html'/> for the
+      details.</para>
 
       <para>If the host kernel is earlier than &min-kernel; you will need to replace