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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ run correctly.
                 section on 'Queues and daemons' for more information.
 - MariaDB 5+    GNU Social uses, by default, a MariaDB server for data
                 storage. Versions 5.x and 10.x have both reportedly
-                worked well. It is also possible to run MySQL 5.x.
+                worked well. It is also possible to run MySQL 5.5+.
 - Web server    Apache, lighttpd and nginx will all work. CGI mode is
                 recommended and also some variant of 'suexec' (or a
                 proper setup php-fpm pool)
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ functional setup of GNU Social:
 - php5-curl     Fetching files by HTTP.
 - php5-gd       Image manipulation (scaling).
 - php5-gmp      For Salmon signatures (part of OStatus).
+- php5-intl     Internationalization support (transliteration et al).
 - php5-json     For WebFinger lookups and more.
 - php5-mysqlnd  The native driver for PHP5 MariaDB connections. If you
                   use MySQL, 'mysql' or 'mysqli' may work.
@@ -54,10 +55,9 @@ Better performance
 
 For some functionality, you will also need the following extensions:
 
-- memcache      A client for the memcached server, which caches database
-                information in volatile memory. This is important for
-                adequate performance on high-traffic sites. You will
-                also need a memcached server to store the data in.
+- opcache       Improves performance a _lot_. Included in PHP, must be
+                enabled manually in php.ini for most distributions. Find
+                and set at least:  opcache.enable=1
 - mailparse     Efficient parsing of email requires this extension.
                 Submission by email or SMS-over-email uses this.
 - sphinx        A client for the sphinx server, an alternative to MySQL