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Document need for XServer on WSL2
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Follow the download instructions for `Nix: the package manager`, not `NixOS: the Linux distribution`!
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Note that Nix is not available for Windows.
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Instead you can use Nix from within Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2).
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Alternatively, you may use Docker instead.
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Instead, you can use Nix from within Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2).
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However, we do not recommend using Nix on Windows, except if you are already familiar with WSL2, Nix, and XServers.
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We recommend using Docker or a manual setup instead.
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Running the Demo from within WSL2 requires an XServer.
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We recommend [VcXsrv](https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/).

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