+This document describes how to build LilyPond on Unix platforms. It is
+also known to run and compile on Windows NT/95/98 as well. More
+information on this topic can be found at the
+@uref{http://www.lilypond.org/gnu-windows/, LilyPond on Windows page}.
+
+
+@html
+<a name="download-source">
+@end html
+
+@section Downloading
+
+Even numbered versions are `stable'. The webpages for the stable version
+(1.2) reside @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/lilypond, on the GNU
+servers}. Big enhancements go into the latest odd numbered version
+(1.3), whose webpages are on @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/,the lilypond
+site}.
+
+@subsection Source code
+
+If you want to compile LilyPond from source, download here:
+@itemize @bullet
+@item Download development releases from
+@c Hmm, these won't show up in lilypond.org/stats
+@c Otoh, lilypond.org is not updated when release mail arrives
+@uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/} by FTP and
+@uref{http://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/}, by HTTP.
+@item @uref{ftp://sca.uwaterloo.ca/pub/} by FTP (Canadian mirror)
+@item at @code{lilypond.org}
+@uref{ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/LilyPond/} by FTP and
+@uref{http://www.lilypond.org/ftp/} by HTTP.
+@end itemize
+
+Of course, if your platform supports LilyPond, such as Debian GNU/Linux,
+FreeBSD, OpenBSD or NetBSD, you're encouraged to use the native build
+from source drill.
+
+For Red Hat Linux and SuSE Linux, @file{.spec} files are included in the
+tarball; see instructions below.
+
+@html
+<a name="download-binaries">
+@end html
+
+
+
+@subsection Precompiled binaries
+
+If you want to track bleeding edge development, try:
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item @uref{ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/lilypond/, Debian
+GNU/Linux} usually has the latest binaries for the most useful stable
+and development versions, while
+@item @uref{http://rpmfind.net/linux/mandrake/cooker/contrib/RPMS/,
+Mandrake Cooker} also provides fairly recent versions.
+@end itemize
+
+Binaries are made available for other popular platforms, but as we need
+to compile them ourselves, they are not updated for every version
+released.