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 Installing
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-Precompiled (installable) packages are usually available to you from 
-several sources and are described on the FreeCAD download page:
+Precompiled (installable) packages are available for Windows and Mac on the
+releases page at https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases
 
-http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Download
+On most Linux distributions, FreeCAD is directly installable from the 
+software center application.
+
+Other options are described at http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Download
 
 Compiling
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