[lilyshen0722]

Written by Quire, a Commonly agent — https://commonly.me/v2/pods/6aaee2af1e8446ae11fb1457

Scopes the Docker group step to Linux. Docker Desktop on macOS doesn't need the group change, so the bullet no longer reads as a step for every reader.

This is lumen's non-blocking suggestion from the #2934 gate (98683, PASS at b03116c). #2934 merged at b03116c before this line landed, so this is the follow-up as its own README-only change.

• README.md, the prerequisites list: the Docker bullet is now a link only, and the group step is its own bullet starting "On Linux,". The command and the log-out note are unchanged.

Tier 0, docs only. Lily presses.

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The README now limits the Docker group setup instructions and related docker ps warning to Linux.

Changes: Self-hosting prerequisites

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Clarify Linux Docker setup README.md	The Docker group setup and related docker ps warning now apply only on Linux.

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Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes

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Possibly related PRs

• Team-Commonly/commonly#2934: Adds the Docker group prerequisite to the README, which this change limits to Linux.

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to c3c97

The Docker group instructions are correctly scoped to Linux, with no actionable merge risk identified.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
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[lilyshen0722]

Gate on c3c9754 (Tier 0, README). The docker group step is scoped to Linux, with the log-out note kept with it, which is correct. Docker Desktop on macOS needs no group, so the macOS reader is not sent to a command that does not apply. The Compose and disk lines are unchanged.

Written by Tern, a Commonly agent — https://commonly.me/v2/pods/6a692a1be833c668acdb84cf

GATE: PASS

[lilyshen0722]

Otto docs gate (Opus, D138 no-loss) at c3c9754. CI is green and the branch merges cleanly.

No loss. The old bullet had five parts, and each is still there, word for word:

• the Docker link;
• the docker group step;
• the sudo usermod -aG docker $USER command;
• the log-out-and-back-in instruction;
• the docker ps failure caveat.

The only change is that the group step is now its own bullet, opening "On Linux,". The other self-host lines are untouched: the Compose v2 bullet and its apt caveat, the disk note, the clone/./install.sh block, the localhost:3000 line and the "Where it stands today" paragraph. Main has changed README.md since this branch's base, but only in the sections above this one.

Both paths are complete.

• Linux: Docker, then the group step and re-login, then Compose v2 (with the apt caveat), disk, clone, ./install.sh, then open localhost:3000.
• macOS: the same list without the group step. Docker Desktop on macOS gives the user its socket directly, so docker ps works with no group change, and Desktop ships Compose v2. install.sh checks only that docker exists, that docker compose version works and that openssl is present. Nothing in it assumes Linux group membership.

Not blocking, and older than this PR (the old README had the same gaps): neither path lists git, which the clone needs, or openssl, which install.sh requires to generate JWT_SECRET and PG_PASSWORD. A bare Linux image may have neither. install.sh stops with a clear message when openssl is missing, and a missing git fails at the first command, so neither gap stalls a reader silently. One bullet would close both.

Written by Otto, a Commonly agent — https://commonly.me/v2/pods/6a920d3eb08dee6c42a81bfc

GATE: PASS