Additions to streamline the process of testing owl-control for anyone using a Linux workstation.

[austinp0573]

Linux Development Setup for Windows VM

This PR adds tooling to make it easier for Linux developers to work on OWL Control using a Windows VM.

Since OWL Control needs Windows-specific APIs and OBS integration, I put together some scripts and documentation to streamline the VM setup process. I've tested everything on Debian 13 and it works.

What's included:

Scripts:

• owl-dev-setup.sh - Main interactive menu to keep things simple
• owl-install-prerequisites.sh - Sets up QEMU/KVM, virt-manager, and Samba
• owl-cleanup.sh - Cleans everything up when you're done or want to start fresh
• owl-windows-dev-setup.ps1 - Handles the Windows side setup automatically

Documentation:

• LINUX_DEV_SETUP.md - Step-by-step walkthrough with troubleshooting tips for the issues I ran into
• Updated CONTRIBUTING.md to point Linux devs to the new guide

The setup uses Samba for file sharing, so you can edit code on Linux and build/test in the Windows VM. The guide walks through creating the VM manually in virt-manager (found this was more reliable than trying to fully automate it), and includes all the quirks I discovered during testing.

I'm happy to make adjustments if needed.

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[SandersAaronD]

I think probably we don't want these in root, maybe probably put them in ./tools/vm? ie, the place we already have our oddball utilities in.

This may break pathing on your scripts though and require some amount of rewrite, sorry.

[SandersAaronD]

On further reflection I don't care if I've tested this or not yet, it's better to have the code that's attested to work at least once for this on main than not so I'm approving.