Feature/296 add community pages

Collaboration.md

@@ -150,6 +150,21 @@ Follow our [LinkedIn page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/instructlab) for upd
 
 Follow us on [X](https://twitter.com/instructlab) for our latest Tweets. Er, Xes. Er, posts of some sort.
 
+### [Mastodon](#mastodon)
+
+Join the [InstructLab Mastodon server](https://mastodon.social/@InstructLab) 
+to find out what's going on in the InstructLab world.
+
+### [Bluesky](#bluesky)
+
+Follow us on [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/instructlab.bsky.social). 
+This channel is currently inactive, but stay tuned for our next updates. 
+
+### [Reddit](#reddit)
+
+Check out the [InstructLab subreddit](https://reddit.com/r/instructlab)- feel free to share 
+your experience with using and contributing to InstructLab. Every article is welcomed!
+
 ### [YouTube](#youtube)
 
 Subscribe to the [InstructLab YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@InstructLab) for regular updates when we post

FAQ.md

@@ -336,19 +336,7 @@ TODO: Update with mailing list details once these are created. Related issue
 
 ### What are the software and hardware requirements for using InstructLab?
 
-The local training is the most hardware intensive part of this process. Your hardware determines how fast/slow training
-the model locally will take.
-
-To run and train InstructLab locally, you must meet the following requirements:
-
-- A supported operating system
-  - A Linux-based operating system
-  - An Apple Silicon M1, M2, or M3 system
-  - A Windows system with WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
-- Python 3.10 or 3.11, including the development headers
-- Approximately 10GB of free disk space to get through the `ilab generate` step
-- Approximately 60GB of free disk space is needed to run the entire process locally on Apple hardware
-- About 32 GB RAM
+Check out the [HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS](HW_REQS.md)
 
 ## Glossary
 

HW_REQS.md

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+## 📋 Hardware requirements
+
+The local training is the most hardware intensive part of this process. 
+Your hardware determines how fast/slow training the model locally will take.
+To run and train InstructLab locally, you must meet the following requirements:
+
+The local training is the most hardware intensive part of this process. Your hardware determines how fast/slow training
+the model locally will take.
+
+To run and train InstructLab locally, you must meet the following requirements:
+
+1. A supported operating system
+   - A Linux-based operating system
+   - An Apple Silicon M1, M2, or M3 system
+   - A Windows system with WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
+2. Python 3.10 or 3.11, including the development headers
+3. Approximately 10GB of free disk space to get through the `ilab generate` step
+4. Approximately 60GB of free disk space is needed to run the entire process locally on Apple hardware
+5. About 32 GB RAM
+
+> **NOTE:** Python 3.12 is currently not supported, because some dependencies don't work on Python 3.12, yet.
+<!-- -->
+> **NOTE:** When installing the `ilab` CLI on macOS, you may have to run the 
+> `xcode-select --install` command, installing the required packages previously listed.

QUICK_START_GUIDE.md

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 ## 📋 Requirements
 
-- **🍎 Apple M1/M2/M3 Mac or 🐧 Linux system** (tested on Fedora). We anticipate support for more operating systems in
-  the future.
-- C++ compiler
-- Python 3.10 or 3.11
-- Approximately 60GB disk space (entire process)
+Check out the [HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS](HW_REQS.md)
 
 ## ✅ Getting started
 

README.md

@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ the server.
 - [LICENSE](LICENSE)
 - [README](README.md)
 - [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md)
+- [HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS](HW_REQS.md)
 - [MAINTAINERS](MAINTAINERS.md)
 - [SECURITY](SECURITY.md)
 - [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md)