docs(simplex): remove broken Docker install command (#26974) (#26975)

* docs(simplex): remove broken Docker install command (#26974)

The "Or Docker" snippet pointed at `simplexchat/simplex-chat`, which is
not a published Docker Hub image. Users following the docs hit:

  docker: Error response from daemon: pull access denied for
  simplexchat/simplex-chat, repository does not exist or may require
  'docker login'.

The SimpleX Chat project only publishes Docker images for its server
components (smp-server, xftp-server) — the chat CLI is distributed as a
binary release. Drop the broken `docker run` line and keep the verified
binary-download path, with a note pointing users to the upstream
Dockerfile if they want to build a container themselves.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(simplex): drop misleading "Dockerfile" link text

Copilot review flagged that the link text claimed "Dockerfile in the
upstream repo" but the URL pointed at the repository root, not a
specific Dockerfile path. Reword to "build from source from the
simplex-chat repository" so the link text and target match.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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## Install simplex-chat
Download the latest release from the [simplex-chat GitHub releases](https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases) page, or via Docker:
Download the latest release from the [simplex-chat GitHub releases](https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases) page:
```bash
# Linux / macOS binary
curl -L https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases/latest/download/simplex-chat-ubuntu-22_04-x86-64 -o simplex-chat
chmod +x simplex-chat
# Or Docker
docker run -p 5225:5225 simplexchat/simplex-chat -p 5225
```
The SimpleX Chat project does not publish a prebuilt Docker image for the chat client; to run it under Docker, build from source from the [simplex-chat repository](https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat).
## Start the daemon
```bash