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docs(windows) atom on windows is just as awesome as the mac version
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==== Atom on Windows
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The best way to install Atom on Windows is by installing `chocolatey`, which you can get from https://chocolatey.org, and then running:
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Atom comes with a windows installer. You can download the installer from https://atom.io or from:
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https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/latest
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This will install Atom, add the `atom` and `apm` commands to your `PATH`, create shortcuts on the desktop and in the start menu, and also add an Open with Atom context menu in the Explorer.
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You can then update to the latest Atom release in the future by simply running:
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If you haven't used `chocolatey` before, this is the perfect chance to start. It is similar to Homebrew on Mac OS X or apt-get on Ubuntu. It allows you to easily discover, install, and update applications from the command line and there are already over 1,900 packages in the registry.
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image::images/windows.gif[Atom on Windows]
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If you have any problems installing Atom using `chocolatey`, you can open up an issue on the `atom/chocolatey` repository.
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If you just want to download a `.zip` of the latest Atom release for Windows, you can get it from the https://github.com/atom/atom/releases[Atom releases page] at https://github.com/atom/atom/releases.
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[NOTE]
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Atom on Windows does not currently auto-update so you will need to download new versions manually. Going forward we plan on adding an auto-updater that works the same as the Mac version.
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If you just want to download a `.zip` of the latest Atom release for Windows, you can also get it from the https://github.com/atom/atom/releases[Atom releases page] at https://github.com/atom/atom/releases.
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==== Atom on Linux
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