prioritize installing via OS (#3442)

* prioritize installing via OS

* Update README.md

Bring in changes discussed in #3442.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c62264385..96df50575 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,7 +75,14 @@ GitLab-CI status: https://gitlab.com/Firejail/firejail_ci/pipelines/
 
 We take security bugs very seriously. If you believe you have found one, please report it by emailing us at netblue30@yahoo.com
 
-## Compile and install
+## Installing
+
+Try installing Firejail from your system packages first. Firejail is included in Alpine, ALT Linux, Arch, Chakra, Debian, Deepin, Devuan, Fedora, Gentoo, Manjaro, Mint, NixOS, Parabola, Parrot, PCLinuxOS, ROSA, Solus, Slackware/SlackBuilds, Trisquel, Ubuntu, Void and possibly others.
+
+The firejail 0.9.52-LTS version is deprecated. On Ubuntu 18.04 LTS users are advised to use the [PPA](https://launchpad.net/~deki/+archive/ubuntu/firejail). On Debian buster we recommend to use the [backports](https://packages.debian.org/buster-backports/firejail) package.
+
+You can also install one of the [released packages](http://sourceforge.net/projects/firejail/files/firejail), or clone Firejail’s source code from our Git repository and compile manually:
+
 `````
 $ git clone https://github.com/netblue30/firejail.git
 $ cd firejail
@@ -89,6 +96,8 @@ $ sudo apt-get install git build-essential libapparmor-dev pkg-config
 `````
 For --selinux option, add libselinux1-dev (libselinux-devel for Fedora).
 
+Detailed information on using firejail from git is available on the [wiki](https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/wiki/Using-firejail-from-git).
+
 ## Running the sandbox
 
 To start the sandbox, prefix your command with “firejail”: