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Improve install docs for non-Linux users
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We're developing BigchainDB Server ("BigchainDB") on Ubuntu 14.04, but it should work on any OS that runs RethinkDB Server and Python 3.4+. (BigchainDB is built on top of RethinkDB Server.)
BigchainDB Server is intended to be run on each server in a large distributed cluster of servers; it's not very useful running by itself on a single computer. That's _why_ we're developing it on Ubuntu 14.04: it's one of the more common server operating systems.
Mac OS X users may get the best results [running BigchainDB Server with Docker](https://bigchaindb.readthedocs.org/en/develop/installing.html#run-bigchaindb-with-docker).
Windows users may get the best results [running BigchainDB Server in a VM with Vagrant](https://bigchaindb.readthedocs.org/en/develop/installing.html#how-to-install-bigchaindb-on-a-vm-with-vagrant).
(Right now, there are no BigchainDB clients/drivers. Those will be able to run on a much larger array of operating systems. They're coming soon.)
## Install and Run RethinkDB Server
The RethinkDB documentation has instructions for how to install RethinkDB Server on a variety of operating systems. Do that (using their instructions for your OS): [Install RethinkDB Server](http://rethinkdb.com/docs/install/).