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 ### Quick Start
 
+On a linux machine, make sure that you have `make` and `curl` in path. The rest
+of the tooling (gcc, qemu) will be handled by the build system.
+
 ```sh
 make get_toolchain # Dont worry, is will land locally inside project directory
 make -j$(nproc)