From d2df567327456ed53cf573d99a53715cfdf98c04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Nimmer <jeremy.nimmer@tri.global>
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2017 21:33:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Recommend Xenial

---
 drake/doc/from_source.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drake/doc/from_source.rst b/drake/doc/from_source.rst
index 7a5145eafd4e..acf72ff2db7d 100644
--- a/drake/doc/from_source.rst
+++ b/drake/doc/from_source.rst
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ setup steps:
     ubuntu_trusty
     ubuntu_xenial
 
+See :ref:`supported configurations <supported-configurations>`
+for the configurations and platforms that Drake officially supports.
+All else being equal, we would recommend developers use Ubuntu Xenial.
+
 .. _build_the_collection:
 
 Build the collection