updated the README a bit

README.md

@@ -17,17 +17,9 @@ is not yet officially released it's a rock solid piece of software
 more than suitable for everyday work. There is no good excuse not to
 use Emacs 24!
 
-Emacs Prelude is not the only reusable Emacs config out there - the
-Emacs Starter Kit is fairly popular and there is the Emacs Dev Kit
-that I used to maintain. I've decided to abandon the Emacs Dev Kit for
-the Emacs Prelude for two reasons - the unfortunate choice a name (too
-similar to Emacs Starter Kit) and the totally new philosophy I have in
-store for the Prelude (easy to update, easy to personalize, easy to
-extend, highly modular, highly comprehensible).
-
 ## Fast Forward
 
-Assuming you're using an Unix-like OS (*BSD, GNU/Linux, OS X, Solaris,
+Assuming you're using an Unix-like OS (`*BSD`, `GNU/Linux`, `OS X`, `Solaris`,
 etc), you already have Emacs 24 installed, as well as `git` & `curl` you
 can skip the whole manual and just type in your favorite shell the
 following command:
@@ -59,7 +51,7 @@ The second easy way to obtain Emacs 24 is via
 [homebrew](http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/). Just type the following
 incantation in your shell and you're done:
 
-```
+```bash
 $ brew install emacs --cocoa --use-git-head --HEAD
 $ cp -r /usr/local/Cellar/emacs/HEAD/Emacs.app /Applications/
 ```
@@ -70,6 +62,15 @@ start Emacs in daemon mode (`emacs --daemon`), so that I could share a
 single Emacs instance between several Emacs clients (`emacsclient
 -c/t`).
 
+Chances are good you have an older version of Emacs installed by
+default with OS X. I suggest you to remove that older Emacs version to
+avoid conflicts with the new one. Do this:
+
+```bash
+$ sudo rm /usr/bin/emacs
+$ sudo rm -rf /usr/share/emacs
+```
+
 That's all folk! You may now proceed to the configuration section.
 
 ### Linux
@@ -90,7 +91,13 @@ to the rescue.
 Debian/Ubuntu users should look no further than the amazing
 [emacs-snapshot APT repo](http://emacs.naquadah.org/). You'll find
 installation instructions there for all the relevant Debian and Ubuntu
-versions out there. High quality, highly recommended builds!
+versions out there. High quality, highly recommended builds! After
+you've added the repo you can install Emacs 24 with the following
+command:
+
+```bash
+$ sudo apt-get install emacs-snapshot
+```
 
 Gentoo users have even less to do, since Emacs 24 can be obtained via
 the emacs-vcs package in portage, as noted in the official
@@ -183,10 +190,14 @@ The following list will be expanded greatly in the future.
 You can install Emacs via the command line with either `curl` or
 `wget`. Naturally `git` is also required.
 
+#### Via Curl
+
 If you're using `curl` type the following command:
 
 `curl -L https://github.com/bbatsov/emacs-prelude/raw/master/utils/installer.sh | sh`
 
+#### Via Wget
+
 If you're using `wget` type:
 
 `wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/bbatsov/emacs-prelude/raw/master/utils/installer.sh -O - | sh`
@@ -234,14 +245,25 @@ alias vi=emacsclient -t
 The last two aliases are helpful if you're used to editing files from
 the command line using `vi(m)`.
 
+## Getting to know Prelude
+
+Certainly the best way to understand how Prelude enhances the default
+Emacs experience is to peruse Prelude's source code (which is
+obviously written in Emacs Lisp). If you're intimidated by the source
+- do not despair. Prelude includes a `prelude-mode` minor Emacs mode
+  which collects some of the additional functionality added by
+  Prelude. It also adds an additional keymap that binds many of those
+  extensions to keybindings.
+
 ## Color Themes
 
 Emacs 24 ships with a new theming facility that effectively renders
 the old color-theme package obsolete. Emacs 24 provides a dozen of
 built-in themes you can use out-of-the-box by invoking the `M-x
 load-theme` command. Emacs Prelude adds two more popular themes to the
-mix - zenburn and solarized (I'm the maintainer of the Emacs ports
-included).
+mix - [Zenburn](https://github.com/bbatsov/zenburn-emacs) and
+[Solarized](https://github.com/bbatsov/solarized-emacs) (I'm the
+maintainer of the Emacs ports included).
 
 Zenburn is the default color theme in Prelude, but you can change it
 at your discretion. Why Zenburn? I (and lots of hackers around the
@@ -270,8 +292,9 @@ more) the proper way to do so would be to create Emacs Lisp files
 under the **personal** directory in `prelude-dir`. They will be loaded
 automatically be Prelude on startup.
 
-Avoid modifying the Prelude config itself - this will make it hard for
-you to receive automatic updates in the future.
+Avoid modifying the Prelude config itself (unless you're not
+intimidated to maintain a personal fork on GitHub)- this will make it
+hard for you to receive automatic updates in the future.
 
 ## Caveats & Pitfalls
 
@@ -296,8 +319,8 @@ personal Emacs customization to enable them permanently.
 
 ### Windows compatibility
 
-While everything in Prelude should work fine in Windows I test it only
-with Linux & OSX so there are Windows related problems from time to
+While everything in Prelude should work fine in Windows, I test it only
+with Linux & OSX, so there are Windows related problems from time to
 time. This situation will probably improve over time.
 
 ## Known issues
@@ -318,5 +341,5 @@ I'd like to include a nice variety of Emacs 24 themes into Prelude -
 so if you've developed (or simply found) one - give me a shout and
 I'll take a look at it.
 
-Cheers,
+Cheers,<br>
 Bozhidar