Setting up a local Ubuntu Server VM

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The first step to using Nix to build Rust is to do so without Nix, so that when we finally do, we can feel the difference. There's many ways to go about this: everyone has their favorite code editor, base Linux distribution (there's even a NixOS distribution, which I won't cover). Some folks like to develop on macOS first, and then build for Linux.