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**You can find a detailed guide about how to implement updates into your application [here](../tutorial/updates.md).**
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-## Platform notices
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+## Platform Notices
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-Although `autoUpdater` provides a uniform API for different platforms, there are
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-still some subtle differences on each platform:
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+Currently, only macOS and Windows are supported. There is no built-in support
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+for auto-updater on Linux, so it is recommended to use the
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+distribution's package manager to update your app.
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+In addition, there are some subtle differences on each platform:
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### macOS
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@@ -38,15 +41,6 @@ The installer generated with Squirrel will create a shortcut icon with an
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same ID for your app with `app.setAppUserModelId` API, otherwise Windows will
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not be able to pin your app properly in task bar.
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-Unlike Squirrel.Mac, Windows can host updates on S3 or any other static file host.
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-You can read the documents of [Squirrel.Windows][squirrel-windows] to get more details
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-about how Squirrel.Windows works.
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-### Linux
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-There is no built-in support for auto-updater on Linux, so it is recommended to
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-use the distribution's package manager to update your app.
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## Events
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The `autoUpdater` object emits the following events:
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Leo Lamprecht