@@ -42,19 +42,17 @@ Once you've followed the appropriate install instructions, you can check if ever
4242Urbit: a personal server operating function
4343```
4444
45−### macOS
45+### macOS and Linux
4646
4747```sh
48+macOS:
4849mkdir urbit
4950cd urbit
5051curl -O https://bootstrap.urbit.org/urbit-v0.10.8-darwin.tgz
5152tar xzf urbit-v0.10.8-darwin.tgz
5253./urbit-v0.10.8-darwin/urbit
53−```
54−
55−### Linux (64-bit)
5654
57−```sh
55+Linux:
5856mkdir urbit
5957cd urbit
6058curl -O https://bootstrap.urbit.org/urbit-v0.10.8-linux64.tgz
@@ -63,7 +61,6 @@ tar xzf urbit-v0.10.8-linux64.tgz
6361```
6462
6563To access your Urbit via HTTP on port 80 on Ubuntu, you may need to run the following:
66−
6764```sh
6865sudo apt-get install libcap2-bin
6966sudo setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /path/to/urbit
@@ -72,11 +69,17 @@ sudo setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /path/to/urbit
7269
7370### Windows
7471
75−> Please note that this method of installing Urbit is experimental, and we may not be able to assist you if you encounter issues related to WSL 2. These instructions have been tested and verified for WSL 2 + Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
72+> Please note that this method of installing Urbit is experimental, and we may not be able to assist you if you encounter issues related to WSL 2.
7673
77−Urbit cannot run on Windows itself, but there is a convenient way to run a Linux distro using the [Windows Subsystem for Linux 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux) on Windows 10. For Urbit to work, it is necessary to [install WSL 2](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-install) and not just WSL.
74+These instructions have been tested and verified for WSL 2 + Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
7875
79−Once WSL 2 is installed, open a Linux terminal in Windows and then follow the Linux installation instructions above. For performance reasons, do not install Urbit in the mounted Windows volume, but install it in the Linux file system. For example, in your home directory, by typing `cd ~`.
76+Urbit cannot run on Windows itself, but there is a convenient way to run a Linux distro using the [Windows Subsystem for Linux 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux) on Windows 10.
77+
78+For Urbit to work, it is necessary to [install WSL 2](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-install) and not just WSL.
79+
80+Once WSL 2 is installed, open a Linux terminal in Windows and then follow the Linux installation instructions above.
81+
82+For performance reasons, do not install Urbit in the mounted Windows volume, but install it in the Linux file system. For example, in your home directory, by typing `cd ~`.
8083
8184## Launching Urbit
8285
@@ -102,10 +105,10 @@ To boot a comet, go into the command line and run the following command from the
102105
103106```sh
104107macOS:
105−$ ./urbit-v0.10.8-darwin/urbit -c mycomet
108+./urbit-v0.10.8-darwin/urbit -c mycomet
106109
107110Linux:
108−$ ./urbit-v0.10.8-linux64/urbit -c mycomet
111+./urbit-v0.10.8-linux64/urbit -c mycomet
109112```
110113
111114This will take up to an hour, and will spin out a bunch of boot messages. It will also create a directory called `mycomet` in the Unix directory that you ran the command from (which should be your `urbit` directory).
@@ -127,10 +130,10 @@ To exit Urbit, use `Ctrl-D` or enter `|exit` into Dojo.
127130To start your ship up again, run the following from your `urbit` directory (note the lack of `-c` argument):
128131```sh
129132macOS:
130−$ ./urbit-v0.10.8-darwin/urbit mycomet
133+./urbit-v0.10.8-darwin/urbit mycomet
131134
132135Linux:
133−$ ./urbit-v0.10.8-linux64/urbit mycomet
136+./urbit-v0.10.8-linux64/urbit mycomet
134137```
135138
136139### The Dojo