Added notes and link to Ian's PDF about setting up a dev env. on Cloud9

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The BigchainDB core dev team develops BigchainDB on recent Ubuntu and Fedora distributions, so we recommend you use one of those. BigchainDB Server doesn't work on Windows and Mac OS X (unless you use a VM or containers).
## Option A: Using a Local Dev Machine
First, read through the BigchainDB [CONTRIBUTING.md file](https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md). It outlines the steps to setup a machine for developing and testing BigchainDB.
Next, create a default BigchainDB config file (in `$HOME/.bigchaindb`):
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You can [run all the unit tests](running-unit-tests.html) to test your installation.
The BigchainDB [CONTRIBUTING.md file](https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) has more details about how to contribute.
## Option B: Using a Dev Machine on Cloud9
Ian Worrall of [Encrypted Labs](http://www.encryptedlabs.com/) wrote a document (PDF) explaining how to set up a BigchainDB (Server) dev machine on [Cloud9](https://c9.io/):
[Launching BigchainDB on Cloud9 Dev Environment.pdf](https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb/raw/master/docs/source/_static/cloud9.pdf)