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1. Remove documentation on how to get "as close as you can" as it was confusing
2. Provide link to a master issue in the WSL repository where the behavior that inhibits Electron, thus VSCode, can be tracked for those who believe they can get it working
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- [Visual Studio 2013 for Windows Desktop](https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/vs2013-community-vs.aspx?wt.mc_id=github_microsoft_vscode) or [Visual Studio 2015](https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-community-vs.aspx?wt.mc_id=github_microsoft_vscode), make sure to select the option to install all C++ tools and the Windows SDK.
- You can also use Felix Rieseberg's [Windows Build Tools npm module](https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows-build-tools) instead of Visual Studio
- **Windows Linux Subsystem (WSL)**
- *This platform is not currently supported. Following the Linux steps desccribed below as well as installing `yarn`, `gulp`, `gulp-cli`, `pkg-config`, `libx11-dev`, `libxkbfile-dev`, `libsecret-1-dev`, `libgtk2.0-dev`, `libxss-dev`, `gnome-dev`, `libgconf2-dev`, `libnss3-dev`, `libasound2-dev` will allow the `yarn` process to build. However, when attempting to start the editor with `./scripts/code.sh`, no application will launch.
- *This platform is not currently supported. Merely re-implementing install steps for Linux **will not be successful**. The blocking issues are being tracked in https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/2293*
- **OS X**
- [Xcode](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/downloads/) and the Command Line Tools (Xcode -> Preferences -> Downloads), which will install `gcc` and the related toolchain containing `make`
- **Linux**
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