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Add Platform Support note: Linux/macOS only, use WSL on Windows

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@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ or `yum install gcc libpcap-devel` on RHEL/CentOS, or `brew install libpcap` on
The libpcap headers are only needed by the `sniff` and `split` tools - if
libpcap is missing, `install.sh` will skip those two and build the rest.
### Platform Support
Linux and macOS only. Native Windows builds (MSYS2/MINGW64, plain `go build`
on Windows) are **not supported** - `pkg/transport` uses libc's `connect()`
via cgo so that `LD_PRELOAD`-based proxies like proxychains can hook it,
which has no Windows equivalent. On Windows, use
[WSL](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/wsl/install) and build from inside
the Linux environment.
To uninstall:
```bash
./install.sh --uninstall