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Clarify lack of Windows support in documentation (#11198)

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Clarify lack of support for Windows.

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# 2. What do I need?
If you are running Windows, the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is strongly
recommended for development. More information about WSL can be found at
<https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install>. Running Synapse natively
on Windows is not officially supported.
The code of Synapse is written in Python 3. To do pretty much anything, you'll need [a recent version of Python 3](https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Download).
The source code of Synapse is hosted on GitHub. You will also need [a recent version of git](https://github.com/git-guides/install-git).
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# 4. Install the dependencies
## Under Unix (macOS, Linux, BSD, ...)
Once you have installed Python 3 and added the source, please open a terminal and
setup a *virtualenv*, as follows:
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This will install the developer dependencies for the project.
## Under Windows
TBD
# 5. Get in touch.

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##### Windows
If you wish to run or develop Synapse on Windows, the Windows Subsystem For
Linux provides a Linux environment on Windows 10 which is capable of using the
Debian, Fedora, or source installation methods. More information about WSL can
be found at <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10> for
Windows 10 and <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-on-server>
for Windows Server.
Running Synapse natively on Windows is not officially supported.
If you wish to run or develop Synapse on Windows, the Windows Subsystem for
Linux provides a Linux environment which is capable of using the Debian, Fedora,
or source installation methods. More information about WSL can be found at
<https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install> for Windows 10/11 and
<https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-on-server> for
Windows Server.
## Setting up Synapse