Clarify install instructions to use WSL over Cygwin if possible
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ These instructions explain how to set up the tools required to build **pokered**
If you run into trouble, ask for help on IRC or Discord (see [README.md](README.md)).
## Windows 10
## Windows 10, 11, or newer
Download and install [**Windows Subsystem for Linux**](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10). Then open the **WSL terminal**.
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ cd /mnt/c/Users/<user>/Desktop
If this works, then follow [the instructions for **Linux**](#linux) below for whatever distribution you installed for WSL.
Otherwise, continue reading below for [the older Windows instructions](#windows).
Otherwise, continue reading below for [the older Windows instructions](#windows-8-or-older).
## Windows
## Windows 8 or older
Download [**Cygwin**](http://cygwin.com/install.html): **setup-x86_64.exe** for 64-bit Windows, **setup-x86.exe** for 32-bit.