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@@ -6,15 +6,20 @@ On Ubuntu, it should be as simple as:
 sudo apt-get install vagrant
 ```
 
-Other Linux distributions should have similar installation instructions using `yum` or similar.
+Other Linux distributions should have similar installation instructions using `dnf`, `pacman`, or similar.
 
-Installers are available for Mac OS X and Windows, please see the [Vagrant project download page](http://www.vagrantup.com/downloads) for more information.
+Installers are available for Mac OS X and Windows, please see the [Vagrant project download page](https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html) for more information.
+
+Note than until there are suitable _xenial64_ [vagrant boxes](https://atlas.hashicorp.com/boxes/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&sort=&provider=&q=xenial64) for other providers,
+the only virtualization provider supported is virtualbox. You might need to install it and specify `--provider virtualbox` when setting up your environment.
 
 # Setting up openstreetmap-website
 
-Once Vagrant has been installed, you can start an environment by changing to the directory which contains the Vagrantfile and typing:
+Once Vagrant has been installed, you can start an environment by checking out the openstreetmap-website code if you haven't already, then changing to the directory which contains the Vagrantfile by typing:
 
 ```
+git clone git@github.com:openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website.git
+cd openstreetmap-website
 vagrant up
 ```
 
@@ -31,4 +36,14 @@ cd /srv/openstreetmap-website/
 rake test
 ```
 
+To access the web pages you run the following commands then access the site in your [local browser](http://localhost:3000):
+
+```
+vagrant ssh
+cd /srv/openstreetmap-website/
+rails server --binding=0.0.0.0
+```
+
+You edit the code on your computer using the code editor you are used to using, then through shared folders the code is updated on the VM instantly.
+
 You should run the tests before submitting any patch or Pull Request back to the original repository. Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information.