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docs: Highlight WSL requirement for Windows users in node setup guide
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| Ubuntu Linux 20.04 with Nvidia CUDA 12 SDK | 8GB VRAM on GPU |
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| Azure/AWS | Nvidia T4 GPU Instance |
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Learn more about [system requirements](system-requirements). (Also Note when you're using a windows system you should have ubuntu installed so you use wsl in the command line)
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Learn more about [system requirements](system-requirements).
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**For Windows Users: Important Note on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)**
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If you are using a Windows system, you **must** have [Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install) installed and configured with an Ubuntu distribution. The installation commands for the Gaia node are Linux-based and require a Linux environment to run, which WSL provides on Windows.
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### Installing the node
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