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+# KxOS Documentation
+
+The documentation is rendered as a book with [mdBook](https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/),
+which can be installed with `cargo`.
+
+```bash
+cargo install mdbook
+```
+
+To build the book and read it in your default browser, run the following command.
+
+```bash
+mdbook serve --open
+```
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