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@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ This is essential, as it allows you to work on your own copy of freeCodeCamp on
 
 [Cloning](https://help.github.com/articles/cloning-a-repository/) is where you **download** a copy of a repository from a `remote` location that is either owned by you or by someone else. In your case, this remote location is your `fork` of freeCodeCamp's repository that should be available at `https://github.com/YOUR_USER_NAME/freeCodeCamp`.
 
+> [!WARNING]
+> If you are working on a WSL2 Linux Distro, you might get performance and stability issues by running this project in a folder which is shared between Windows and WSL2 (e.g. `/mnt/c/Users/`).
+> Therefore we recommend to clone this repo into a folder which is mainly used by your WSL2 Linux Distro and not directly shared with Windows (e.g. `~/PROJECTS/`).
+>
+> See [this GitHub Issue](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/issues/40632) for further Information about this problem.
+
 Run these commands on your local machine:
 
 1. Open a Terminal / Command Prompt / Shell in your projects directory