>From this discussion, it seem that we can have a better README.
Could someone proofread this, as I'm no native speaker:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4b6ac0b..91b23ff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,16 +16,42 @@ demonstrates some of the major features.
Installing
----------
-Download the latest tarball from [the github download page][download],
-then Magit can be installed with the popular recipe of:
+First, check if your distribution doesn't include a magit package,
+and if its version suit you install it.
-make && sudo make install
+Otherwise download the latest tarball from
+[the github download page][download], and choose if you want to
+install it for all users of you computer, or in you home directory.
-This requires `emacs` and `makeinfo` binaries, so please make sure the relevant
-packages (generally `emacs` and `texinfo`) are installed on your system.
-This will put magit.el into `/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp`, where
-Emacs should be able to find it. Then add
+### Installing Magit for all users
+
+Magit can be installed with the popular recipe of
+
+ make && sudo make install
+
+This requires `emacs` and `makeinfo` binaries, so please make sure the
+relevant packages (generally `emacs` and `texinfo`) are installed on
+your system. This will put magit.el and others .el file into
+`/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp`, where Emacs should be able to find
+it.
+
+Users that will want to use it should then add
+
+ (require 'magit)
+
+to their `.emacs` file.
+
+### Installing Magit in your home directory
+
+Copy the magit directory into ~/.emacs.d (or wherever you want it to
+be), optionally run
+
+ make
+
+in it to byte compile Magit. You will then have to add
+
+ (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/magit")
(require 'magit)
to your `.emacs` file.
--
Rémi Vanicat
