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+# Daily Bread
+
+## Get your daily bread with this program for Windows and Linux systems!
+
+## Introduction
+
+Daily Bread is a QT6 program designed to give you a new Bible verse every morning when you log into your computer!
+
+## Installation
+
+### Windows:
+
+Double click the .bat file that comes with the Binary release to install. 
+Once it is finished running, Daily Bread should be included with your startup programs.
+You can check your startup programs by pressing ctrl + alt + delete, clicking "show details" on the task manager, and then clicking "startup" tab.
+
+### Linux:
+
+These instructions will work for most Linux distrobutions
+
+Download the Linux binary, and unzip it into a directory that you like. Run the following command:
+
+```chmod +x install.sh```
+
+Once you have run that command, install Daily Bread by typing in 
+
+```./install.sh```
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