+Since the Rust compiler is written in Rust, it must be built by a
+precompiled "snapshot" version of itself (made in an earlier stage of
+development). As such, source builds require a connection to the Internet, to
+fetch snapshots, and an OS that can execute the available snapshot binaries.
+
+Snapshot binaries are currently built and tested on several platforms:
+
+| Platform / Architecture | x86 | x86_64 |
+|---------------------------------------------|-----|--------|
+| Windows (7, 8, 10, ...) | ✓ | ✓ |
+| Linux (kernel 2.6.32, glibc 2.11 or later) | ✓ | ✓ |
+| macOS (10.7 Lion or later) | (\*) | ✓ |
+
+(\*): Apple dropped support for running 32-bit binaries starting from macOS 10.15 and iOS 11.
+Due to this decision from Apple, the targets are no longer useful to our users.
+Please read [our blog post][macx32] for more info.
+
+[macx32]: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2020/01/03/reducing-support-for-32-bit-apple-targets.html
+
+You may find that other platforms work, but these are our officially
+supported build environments that are most likely to work.