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Update release notes for 7.6.4 release

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Pull request overview

Updates PowerShell documentation to reflect the 7.6.4 LTS release across “What’s New” and multiple installation/support lifecycle pages.

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  • Bumped PowerShell version references from 7.6.3 to 7.6.4 across install guides and lifecycle documentation.
  • Updated download URLs and artifact filenames (MSI/ZIP/MSIX/PKG/RPM/DEB/TAR.GZ) to point at the v7.6.4 GitHub release.
  • Updated the PowerShell 7.6 “What’s New” page metadata and runtime version reference for 7.6.4.

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reference/docs-conceptual/whats-new/What-s-New-in-PowerShell-76.md Updates 7.6 “What’s New” page to 7.6.4 and refreshes ms.date/runtime text.
reference/docs-conceptual/install/PowerShell-Support-Lifecycle.md Updates current LTS version reference to 7.6.4.
reference/docs-conceptual/install/install-ubuntu.md Updates Ubuntu manual download URL to v7.6.4 .deb.
reference/docs-conceptual/install/install-rhel.md Updates RHEL manual download URL and dnf install example to v7.6.4 .rpm.
reference/docs-conceptual/install/install-powershell-on-windows.md Updates WinGet output, MSI/ZIP/MSIX names, and link references to 7.6.4.
reference/docs-conceptual/install/install-powershell-on-windows-iot-nano.md Updates IoT/Nano ZIP names, paths, and remoting endpoint version to 7.6.4.
reference/docs-conceptual/install/install-powershell-on-macos.md Updates macOS PKG/TAR.GZ names and link references to 7.6.4.
reference/docs-conceptual/install/install-debian.md Updates Debian manual download URL and install script commands to v7.6.4 .deb.
reference/docs-conceptual/install/install-alpine.md Updates Alpine download URLs to v7.6.4 musl tarball.
reference/docs-conceptual/install/community-support.md Updates Raspberry Pi archive links for latest LTS (7.6) to v7.6.4.
reference/docs-conceptual/install/alternate-install-methods.md Updates example archive names and download URL to v7.6.4.

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