From 5920274d70f7df645c561190c7688b0f25f8eded Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Brassel Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 20:30:20 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Add warning about distro-provided `qmk` packages. --- docs/newbs_getting_started.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/newbs_getting_started.md b/docs/newbs_getting_started.md index 58407ca8fee..1bc658b9b13 100644 --- a/docs/newbs_getting_started.md +++ b/docs/newbs_getting_started.md @@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ curl -fsSL https://install.qmk.fm | sh **Note for WSL users**: By default, the installation process will clone the QMK repository into your WSL home directory, but if you have cloned manually, ensure that it is located inside the WSL instance instead of the Windows filesystem (ie. not in `/mnt`), as accessing it is currently [extremely slow](https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4197). ::: +::: warning +Any QMK packages provided by your distribution's package manager are almost certainly out of date. It is strongly suggested the installation script above is used instead. +::: + ==== FreeBSD #### Installation