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2612: Add about section and rancher desktop notes r=nickgerace a=nickgerace - Add about section to README - Add rancher desktop notes to development environment doc - Remove note about alphabetical requirement for contributors list Fixes #2611 Related #2605 <img src="https://media2.giphy.com/media/svK2eIOvpWmKWfFK74/giphy-downsized-medium.gif"/> Co-authored-by: Nick Gerace <[email protected]>
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ Above all, ensure that the format described at the beginning is preserved.
 
 When making changes, ensure the following:
 
-- Alphabetical ordering is retained
-  - Ordering is based on the beginning of the line and is case-insensitive
+- Your individual line was appended to the bottom of the list
 - No additional newlines were added
 - Your individual line has no trailing or leading spaces
 - Your individual line matches the aforementioned format

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 
 This is a monolithic repository containing the System Initiative software.
 
+## About
+
+System Initiative is a collaborative power tool designed to remove the papercuts from DevOps work.
+To learn more, read our ["Second Wave DevOps" blog post](https://www.systeminit.com/blog-second-wave-devops).
+
 ## Quickstart
 
 If you would like to get System Initiative (SI) up and running, navigate to the installation page on [our website](https://systeminit.com) to get started.

diff --git a/docs/DEVELOPMENT_ENVIRONMENT.md b/docs/DEVELOPMENT_ENVIRONMENT.md
@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ For Docker Desktop, the version corresponding to your native architecture should
 WSL2 users should be able to use either Docker Desktop for WSL2 or Docker Engine (i.e. installing and using
 `docker` within the distro and not interacting with the host).
 
+#### Rancher Desktop
+
+Since [Rancher Desktop](https://rancherdesktop.io/) provides the ability to use the [moby](https://github.com/moby/moby),
+you can use it to run and develop the System Initiative software.
+However, it is untested, and you may need to further configuration depending on your platform.
+For example, on WSL2 via Windows, you may need to configure credentials in `~/.local/share`.
+
 ### (Optional) Direnv
 
 [Direnv](https://direnv.net/) (version >= 2.30) with [nix-direnv](https://github.com/nix-community/nix-direnv) can