added a Setup guide for new commers

Author: Ansh-dS

.gitignore

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 _site
+Gemfile.lock

Gemfile

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+source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+gem "jekyll"
+gem "jekyll-redirect-from"
+gem "kramdown"

README.md

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 This repository hosts the sources for [www.learningu.org](https://www.learningu.org).  We use Jekyll to generate a static site.
 
-## Development
-
-Clone this repository, and run `make serve`.  Then go to [localhost:4000](http://localhost:4000) in your browser to see your development server.
 
 ## Production setup
 
 The production site is hosted via Github Pages.  To make changes, just push to Github; you may need to wait up to 10 minutes for caches to expire.
 
 In order to serve SSL on the custom domain, we proxy through CloudFront.  CloudFront redirects HTTP requests to HTTPS, and proxies HTTPS requests through to `learning-unlimited.github.io`.  For the apex domain `learningu.org`, we have an S3 bucket serving a redirect to `https://www.learningu.org`, which is also proxied by a separate CloudFront distribution.  We use similar redirects for `groups.learningu.org` and `websupport.learningu.org`.  All of these use an HTTP certificate generated through AWS Certificate Manager.  Ask @benjaminjkraft or @btidor if you need access to any of the AWS resources.
+
+# Local Development Setup Guide
+
+This guide provides step-by-step instructions to set up the **Learning Unlimited** website locally on an Ubuntu/WSL environment. We utilize `rbenv` to manage Ruby versions and `Bundler` to handle project dependencies without requiring system-level `sudo` permissions.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+* Ubuntu / Debian (WSL)
+* Git 
+
+## Step 1: Install System Dependencies
+
+Open your Ubuntu/WSL terminal and install the necessary libraries to compile Ruby from source:
+
+```bash
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt install -y build-essential curl git libssl-dev libreadline-dev zlib1g-dev libffi-dev libyaml-dev autoconf bison libncurses-dev libgdbm-dev
+```
+
+## Step 2: Install rbenv and Ruby
+
+Using a version manager like `rbenv` ensures your local environment remains isolated and clean.
+
+Install `rbenv`:
+
+```bash
+curl -fsSL https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv-installer/raw/HEAD/bin/rbenv-installer | bash
+```
+
+### Configure your shell
+
+Add `rbenv` to your `PATH` and enable auto-initialization:
+
+```bash
+echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
+echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
+source ~/.bashrc
+```
+
+### Install Ruby 3.2.2
+
+```bash
+rbenv install 3.2.2
+rbenv global 3.2.2
+```
+
+## Step 3: Clone the Project
+
+Fork the project on GitHub, then clone your fork locally:
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/Your-UserName/learning-unlimited-about-us.git
+cd learning-unlimited-about-us
+```
+
+## Step 4: Build and Serve
+
+Install Bundler and the project dependencies specified in the `Gemfile`:
+
+```bash
+gem install bundler
+bundle install
+```
+
+Start the local development server:
+
+```bash
+bundle exec make serve
+```
+
+Once the build is complete, open your browser and navigate to `http://