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@@ -10,33 +10,25 @@ If you're using an OS different from these three we assume you know what you're
 
 ### Linux (Ubuntu)
 
-1. Find out if you have gedit (Menu -> Accessories -> Gedit), if not do step 3.1b
-2. Open up a terminal (Menu -> Accessories -> Terminal)
-3. Type the following in the terminal:
-    1. `sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade`
-        a. If you don't have gedit: sudo apt-get install gedit
-    2. `sudo apt-get install build-essential bison autoconf g++ curl zlib1g-dev libreadline5-dev libsqlite3-dev libxslt-dev libxml2-dev`
-    3. `sudo apt-get install sqlite3 git-core subversion nginx`
+1. Open up a terminal (Menu -> Accessories -> Terminal)
+2. Type the following in the terminal:
+    1. `sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get install build-essential bison autoconf g++`
+    2. `sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev libxslt-dev libxml2-dev`
+    3. `sudo apt-get install curl sqlite3 git-core subversion nginx gedit`
     4. `bash < <( curl http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/releases/rvm-install-head )`
-    5. `source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm`
-    5. `rvm install 1.9.2 && rvm --default 1.9.2`
-    6. `gedit ~/.bashrc ~/.bash_profile`
-4. Inside the .bashrc file delete this: `[ -z "$PS1" ] && return`
-5. Add at the very bottom `[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && . "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"`
-7. Inside the .bash_Profile add this: `[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && . "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"`
-8. Save and close both files
-9. Type in the terminal: `exit`
-10. In Gedit, open the Edit menu and go to Preferences:
-    1. Check off `Highlight Current Line`
-    2. Check off `Highlight Maching Bracket`
-    3. Go to the Editor tab.
-    4. `Tab Width` should be 4
-    5. Check off `Insert Spaces Instead Of Tabs
-    6. Check off `Enable Automatic Indention`
-    7. Go to Font & Colors, pick something sane (Use monospace fonts, size 8-12)
-    8. Close Preferences.
-11. Add the Terminal & Gedit shortcut somewhere close
-12. Open up the terminal and type this: `mkdir ~/repo ~/repo/rb ~/repo/rb/lyar`
+    5. `source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm && rvm install 1.9.2 && rvm --default 1.9.2`
+    6. `mkdir ~/repo ~/repo/rb ~/repo/rb/lyar && gedit ~/.bashrc ~/.bash_profile`
+3. Inside the .bashrc file delete this: `[ -z "$PS1" ] && return`
+4. Add at the very bottom `[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && . "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"`
+5. Inside the .bash_profile add this: `[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && . "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"`
+6. Save and close both files
+7. Type in the terminal: `exit`
+8. In Gedit, open the Edit menu and go to Preferences:
+    1. Check off `Highlight Current Line` and `Highlight Matching Bracket`
+    2. Go to the Editor tab.
+    3. `Tab Width` should be 4
+    4. Check off `Insert Spaces Instead Of Tabs` and `Enable Automatic Indention`
+9. Add the Terminal & Gedit shortcuts to the panel
 
 ### Windows (XP)
 
@@ -49,34 +41,7 @@ If you're using an OS different from these three we assume you know what you're
 
 ### Mac (OS 10.5)
 
-1. Find out if you have gedit ( ... magic ... ), if not do step 3.1b
-2. Open up a terminal ( ... magic ... )
-3. Type the following in the terminal:
-    1. ... magic ...
-    2. ... magic ...
-    3. ... magic ...
-    4. `bash < <( curl http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/releases/rvm-install-head )`
-    5. `rvm install 1.9.2 && rvm --default 1.9.2 && source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm`
-    6. `gedit ~/.bashrc ~/.bash_profile`
-4. Inside the .bashrc file delete this: `[ -z "$PS1" ] && return`
-5. Add at the very bottom `[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && . "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"`
-7. Inside the .bash_Profile add this: `[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && . "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"`
-8. Save and close both files
-9. Go back to the terminal and type: `rvm update --head`
-9. Type in the terminal: `exit`
-10. In Gedit, open the Edit menu and go to Preferences:
-    1. Check off `Enable Text Wrapping`
-    2. Check off `Display Line Numbers`
-    3. Check off `Highlight Current Line`
-    4. Check off `Highlight Maching Bracket`
-    5. Go to the Editor tab.
-    6. `Tab Width` should be 4
-    7. Check off `Insert Spaces Instead Of Tabs
-    8. Check off `Enable Automatic Indention`
-    9. Go to Font & Colors, pick something sane (Use monospace fonts, size 8-12)
-    10. Close Preferences.
-11. Add the Terminal & Gedit shortcut somewhere close
-12. Open up the terminal and type this: ... magic ...
+MAGIC STUFF
 
 ## Result
 
@@ -90,7 +55,7 @@ If you have a problem simply copy the error, open up your browser to here: [http
 
 ## Extra Credit
 
-1. Open and use Gedit a few times, write some things.
-2. Install and setup git/github [http://github.com/](http://github.com/)
-3. Download all the LYAR Tasks.
-4. Type this into a terminal: `gem install facets linguistics sqlite3-ruby nokogiri rake prawn pony sequel gist sinatra rails padrino nanoc eventmachine thin rack haml rdiscount builder --no-ri --no-rdoc`
+1. Open a few text files with gedit, get to know the interface and shortcuts.
+2. Customize Gedit, Terminal, and your OS to better suit programming.
+3. Go to the Learn You An Ruby website and download all the tasks and read through the glossary
+4. Type this into a terminal: `gem install facets linguistics sqlite3-ruby nokogiri rake pony sequel sinatra rails padrino nanoc eventmachine thin rack haml rdiscount --no-ri --no-rdoc`