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 Use a C23 compiler, Meson 1.6 or newer, and Ninja. Linux needs the development
 packages for Wayland (`wayland-client`, `wayland-cursor`, `xkbcommon`) or X11
-(`x11`, `xi`, `xkbcommon`, `xext`; optional `xrandr`). Cocoa requires macOS 14 or
+(`x11`, `xi`, `xkbcommon`, `xext`; optional `xrandr`). Optional `dbus-1` enables
+desktop notifications and appearance queries on Linux. Cocoa requires macOS 14 or
 newer and the system SDK, with a Metal-capable device for window drawing.
 
 ```sh