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Documentation: Clarify Windows build instructions
People seem to easily miss the "Setting up build tools" section, so I have moved that step above the filesystem information and linked directly to BuildInstructions.md to hopefully make it harder to skip. Also, added mention of `\\wsl$` since that regularly comes up in Discord.
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Author: https://github.com/AtkinsSJ Commit: https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/commit/f36781a8bca Pull-request: https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/9935
@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ Once installed, you will need to make sure the distribution you want to use (and
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- `wsl --set-version <distro> <version>` is used to convert a distro to another version, and<br/>
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- `wsl --set-default-version 2` will set the default version for all new distros (if desired.)<br/>
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Next, go to [BuildInstructions.md](https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/blob/master/Documentation/BuildInstructions.md#prerequisites)
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and follow the instructions for your chosen Linux environment, to get the needed build tools.
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## Note on filesystems
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WSL2 filesystem performance for IO heavy tasks (such as compiling a large C++ project) on the host Windows filesystem is
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@ -21,11 +24,8 @@ The recommendation from the Microsoft team on that issue is:
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> If it's at all possible, store your projects in the Linux file system in WSL2.
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In practice, this means cloning and building the project to somewhere such as `/home/username/serenity`.
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## Setting up build tools
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Please see the general build instructions for a list of tools you need to install in your WSL Linux environment.
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In practice, this means cloning and building the project to somewhere such as `/home/username/serenity`. You can then
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access the linux filesystem at `\\wsl$`, so for example, the project would be at `\\wsl$\home\username\serenity`.
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## Setting up QEMU
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