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 ## Windows
 
 Prerequisites:
-- A recent version of Visual Studio 2022 with CMake tools component
+- A recent version of Visual Studio 2022 (recommended but not required) with the following additional components:
+  - C++ CMake tools for Windows
+  - Windows 10/11 SDK
 - git
 
 Instructions:
 
-1) Run `git clone --recursive https://github.com/cemu-project/Cemu`
-2) Launch `Cemu/generate_vs_solution.bat`. If you installed VS to a custom location you may need to manually adjust the path inside the bat file
-3) Wait until done, then open `Cemu/build/Cemu.sln` in Visual Studio
-4) Right click 'CemuBin' project -> Set as startup project
-5) Then build the solution and once finished you can run and debug it
+1. Run `git clone --recursive https://github.com/cemu-project/Cemu`
+2. Launch `Cemu/generate_vs_solution.bat`.
+    - If you installed VS to a custom location or use VS 2019, you may need to manually change the path inside the .bat file
+3. Wait until it's done, then open `Cemu/build/Cemu.sln` in Visual Studio
+4. Then build the solution and once finished you can run and debug it, or build it and check the /bin folder for the final Cemu.exe.
 
-You can also skip steps 3-5 and open the root folder of the cloned repo directly in Visual Studio (as a folder) and use the inbuilt cmake support, but be warned that cmake support in VS can be a bit finicky.
+You can also skip steps 3-5 and open the root folder of the cloned repo directly in Visual Studio (as a folder) and use the built-in cmake support but be warned that cmake support in VS can be a bit finicky.
 
 ## Linux
 
-To compile Cemu, a recent enough compiler and STL with C++20 support is required! We use clang 12, other compilers may work as well.
+To compile Cemu, a recent enough compiler and STL with C++20 support is required! clang-12 or higher is what we recommend.
 
-For ubuntu and most derivatives:
+### Installing dependencies
 
-1) `sudo apt install -y libgtk-3-dev libsecret-1-dev libgcrypt20-dev libsystemd-dev freeglut3-dev clang-12 nasm ninja-build`
-2) Run `git clone --recursive https://github.com/cemu-project/Cemu`
-3) `cd Cemu`
-4) `mkdir build && cd build`
-5) `cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=release -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/bin/clang-12 -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/bin/clang++-12 -G Ninja`
-6) `ninja`
+#### For Ubuntu and derivatives:
+`sudo apt install -y git cmake ninja-build nasm libgtk-3-dev libsecret-1-dev libgcrypt20-dev libsystemd-dev freeglut3-dev libpulse-dev`  
+Additionally, for ubuntu 20.04 only:
+ - `sudo apt install -y clang-12`
+ - At step 3 while building, use  
+   `cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=release -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/bin/clang-12 -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/bin/clang++-12 -G Ninja -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=/usr/bin/ninja`
 
-Build instructions for other distributions will be added in the future!
+#### For Arch and derivatives:
+`sudo pacman -S git cmake clang ninja nasm base-devel linux-headers gtk3 libsecret libgcrypt systemd freeglut zip libpulse`
+
+#### For Fedora and derivatives:
+`sudo dnf install git cmake clang ninja-build nasm kernel-headers gtk3-devel libsecret-devel libgcrypt-devel systemd-devel freeglut-devel perl-core zlib-devel cubeb-devel`
+
+### Build Cemu using cmake
+1. `git clone --recursive https://github.com/cemu-project/Cemu`
+2. `cd Cemu`
+3. `cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=release -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/bin/clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/bin/clang++ -G Ninja`
+4. `cmake --build build`
+5. You should now have a Cemu executable file in the /bin folder, which you can run using `./bin/Cemu`.
+
+
+#### Troubleshooting steps
+ - If step 3 gives you an error about not being able to find ninja, try appending `-DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=/usr/bin/ninja` to the command and running it again.
+ - If step 3 fails while compiling the boost-build dependency, it means you don't have a working/good standard library installation. Check the integrity of your system headers and making sure that C++ related packages are installed and intact.
+ - If step 3 gives a random error, read the `[package-name-and-platform]-out.log` and `[package-name-and-platform]-err.log` for the actual reason to see if you might be lacking the headers from a dependency.
+ - If step 3 is still failing or if you're not able to find the cause, please make an issue on our Github about it!
+ - If step 4 gives you a template error (usually will show a very long error message!), you could report it to this repo or try using GCC.
+
+#### Using GCC
+While we use and test Cemu using clang, using GCC might work better with your distro (they should be fairly similar performance/issues wise and should only be considered if compilation is the issue).  
+You can use it by replacing the step 3 with the following:
+`cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=release -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/bin/gcc -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/bin/g++ -G Ninja`