From e28a46885d86d14f422cd56ac5f3a8ab62dd701e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathaniel Morgan <nmorgan@syrupcastle.lanl.gov>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:26:25 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] updated documenation to emphasis using WSL-2 with Windows
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             <!-- main content area -->
             <div class="col-sm-9 text-content">
                 <h1>Installation</h1>
-                <p><em>Fierro</em> backend is designed to run on almost all hardware that you might want to use for a simulation. We support three CPU architectures (x86_64, arm64, ppc64le), as well as CUDA GPUs through nvcc and AMD GPUs through HIP. Additionally, we support both Linux and MacOS. To run <em>Fierro</em> on Windows we recommend making use of the
-                    <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install">Windows Subsystem for Linux</a>.
+                <p><em>Fierro</em> backend is designed to run on almost all hardware that you might want to use for a simulation. We support three CPU architectures (x86_64, arm64, ppc64le), 
+                    as well as CUDA GPUs through nvcc and AMD GPUs through HIP. Additionally, we support both Linux and MacOS. To run <em>Fierro</em> on Windows please use
+                    <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install">Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)</a>.
                 </p>
                 <p>
                     To make the installation process as simple as possible, we offer several pre-compiled binaries through <a href="https://www.anaconda.com/">Anaconda</a>
                     for the backend software. The builds for <em>Fierro</em>, as well as its primary dependencies, can be found <a href="https://anaconda.org/fierromechanics">here</a> for all supported platforms.
-                    Anaconda will automatically select the right build for your OS and CPU architecture, however, you must select the correct build based on which GPU hardware is present.
-                    This can be seen in the package prefix (-cpu, -cuda, -hip).
+                    Anaconda will automatically select the right build for your OS and CPU architecture, however, you must select the correct build based on which GPU hardware is present.  
+                    This can be seen in the package prefix (-cpu, -cuda, -hip). At this time, <u>the Anaconda <em>Fierro</em> executables for the Windows OS are restricted to running inside WSL-2</u>.
                 </p>
                 <p>
                     To use Anaconda, follow the steps for your platform to install 
@@ -56,7 +57,8 @@ <h1>Installation</h1>
                     <pre><code> conda create -n FierroCode </code></pre>
                     <pre><code> conda activate FierroCode </code></pre>
                     
-                    In this example, the enviroment is called FierroCode, but any name can be used.  In some cases, the text to activate an enviroment is <code>source activate FierroCode</code>.  Likewise, if an enviroment already exists, then just activate the desired environment.  
+                    In this example, the enviroment is called FierroCode, but any name can be used.  In some cases, the text to activate an enviroment is <code>source activate FierroCode</code>.  
+                    Likewise, if an enviroment already exists, then just activate the desired environment.  
 
                     To install the finite element physics solvers in <em>Fierro</em>, please type, while within the activated Anaconda environment: