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@@ -2,54 +2,67 @@ Package installation instructions
 =================================
 
 Supports Ubuntu 14.04, CentOS 7.1, and OS X 10.11.
+All packages are available on our GitHub [releases][] page.
 
-Once the package is installed, `powershell` will be in your path,
-ready to be launched from a terminal. It will read
-`~/.powershell/profile.ps1` for your user profile, and
-`/opt/microsoft/powershell/Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1` for
-the host profile.
+Once the package is installed, `powershell` will be in your path, ready to be launched from a terminal.
 
-Similarly, it will search `~/.powershell/Modules` and
-`/opt/microsoft/powershell/Modules` for user and system modules.
+* User profiles will be read from `~/.config/powershell/profile.ps1`.
+* User modules will be read from `~/.local/share/powershell/Modules`
+* PSReadLine history will be recorded to `~/.local/share/powershell/PSReadLine/ConsoleHost_history.txt`
+* System profiles will be read from `/opt/microsoft/powershell/profile.ps1`.
+* System modules will be read from `/opt/microsoft/powershell/Modules`
 
-To place PowerShell in your path, a symlink to the
-`/opt/microsoft/powershell/powershell` executable is placed at
-`/usr/bin/powershell`.
+The profiles respect PowerShell's per-host configuration, so the default host-specific profiles exists at `Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1` in the same locations.
+
+On Linux and OS X, the [XDG Base Directory Specification][xdg-bds] is respected.
+
+> Note that to place PowerShell in your path, the packages create a symlink from `/usr/bin/powershell` to the `/opt/microsoft/powershell/powershell` executable.
+
+[releases]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/latest
+[xdg-bds]: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
 
 Ubuntu 14.04
 ============
 
-Using a stock Ubuntu 14.04 image, download the
-`powershell_0.5.0-1_amd64.deb` file, and then execute the following:
+Using [Ubuntu 14.04][], download the Debian package `powershell_6.0.0-alpha.7-1_amd64.deb` from the [releases][] page onto the Ubuntu machine.
+
+Then execute the following in the terminal:
 
 ```sh
 sudo apt-get install libunwind8 libicu52
-sudo dpkg -i powershell_0.5.0-1_amd64.deb
+sudo dpkg -i powershell_6.0.0-alpha.7-1_amd64.deb
 ```
 
-CentOS 7.1
-==========
+> Please note that that Ubuntu 16.04 is not yet supported, but coming soon!
 
-Using a stock CentOS 7.1 image, download the
-`powershell-0.5.0-1.x86_64.rpm` file, and then execute the following:
+[Ubuntu 14.04]: http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/
+
+CentOS 7
+========
+
+Using [CentOS 7][], download the RPM package `powershell-6.0.0_alpha.7-1.x86_64.rpm` from the [releases][] page onto the CentOS machine.
+
+Then execute the following in the terminal:
 
 ```sh
-sudo yum install powershell-0.5.0-1.x86_64.rpm
+sudo yum install powershell-6.0.0_alpha.7-1.x86_64.rpm
 ```
 
+> Please note that we have not tested this package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
+
+[CentOS 7]: https://www.centos.org/download/
+
 OS X 10.11
 ==========
 
-Using an OS X 10.11 machine, download the `powershell-0.5.0.pkg` file,
-double-click it, and follow the prompts. Or install it from the
-terminal:
+Using OS X 10.11, download the PKG package `powershell-6.0.0-alpha.7.pkg` from the [releases][] page onto the OS X machine.
+
+Either double-click the file and follow the prompts, or install it from the terminal:
 
 ```sh
-sudo installer -pkg powershell-0.5.0.pkg -target /
+sudo installer -pkg powershell-6.0.0-alpha.7.pkg -target /
 ```
 
-Note that because OS X is a derivation of BSD, instead of `/opt`, the
-prefix used is `/usr/local`; thus, `powershell` lives at
-`/usr/local/microsoft/powershell`, and the symlink is placed at
-`/usr/local/bin/powershell`. This affects the system modules and
-profile as well.
+> Note that because OS X is a derivation of BSD, instead of `/opt`, the prefix used is `/usr/local`.
+> Thus, `powershell` lives at `/usr/local/microsoft/powershell`, and the symlink is placed at `/usr/local/bin/powershell`.
+> This affects the system modules and profiles as well.