diff --git a/src/calibre/trac/plugins/download.py b/src/calibre/trac/plugins/download.py
index af7f26fd3c..33049e9dc8 100644
--- a/src/calibre/trac/plugins/download.py
+++ b/src/calibre/trac/plugins/download.py
@@ -131,8 +131,9 @@ class Download(Component):
                     return self.linux_distro(req, os)       
     
     def linux_distro(self, req, os):
+        version = self.version_from_filename()
         distro = Distribution(os)
-        data = dict(distro=distro,title=distro.title)
+        data = dict(distro=distro,title=distro.title, version=version)
         return 'distro.html', data, None
     
     def top_level(self, req):
diff --git a/src/calibre/trac/plugins/templates/distro.html b/src/calibre/trac/plugins/templates/distro.html
index d05c758ed3..8d5c041cf3 100644
--- a/src/calibre/trac/plugins/templates/distro.html
+++ b/src/calibre/trac/plugins/templates/distro.html
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@
       <div py:if="distro.is_generic">
         <ol>
             <li>Make sure that your system has <code>python &gt;= 2.5</code></li>
-            <li>Install the various dependencies listed below: Make sure that any python packages are installed into python2.5 (e.g. setuptools, python-imaging, PyQt4, etc). You will also have to install the development versions of the packages (these packages usually have  -dev added to their names.</li>
-            <li>Run the following commands in a terminal (replacing the version number with the latest calibre version):
+            <li>Install the various dependencies listed below: Make sure that any python packages are installed into python2.5 (e.g. setuptools, python-imaging, PyQt4, etc). You will also have to install the development versions of the packages (these packages usually have  -dev added to their names).</li>
+            <li>Run the following commands in a terminal:
             <pre class="wiki">
-wget -O- http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/downloads/calibre-0.4.83.tar.bz2 | tar xvj 
+wget -O- http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/downloads/calibre-$version.tar.gz | tar xvz 
 cd calibre*
 python setup.py build &amp;&amp; sudo python setup.py install
             </pre></li>
@@ -63,27 +63,6 @@ python setup.py build &amp;&amp; sudo python setup.py install
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         </div>
-      <h2>Post Installation</h2>
-      Connect the SONY Reader to the USB port. As root, test your installation by 
-      <pre class="wiki">prs500 info</pre>
-      <p>
-        This should return some miscellaneous information about your reader. If it works your reader is being recognized by calibre. 
-        On some distributions, you have to give non-root users access to the reader devices.
-        First check what group the reader devices are assigned to by 
-        <pre class="wiki">ls -l /dev/sd?</pre>
-        If you've just plugged in your reader, the reader devices should be at the bottom of the list. On
-        my system I get 
-        <pre class="wiki">
-brw-r----- 1 root disk 8,  0 2008-05-27 13:50 /dev/sda
-brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 16 2008-05-27 13:50 /dev/sdb
-brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 32 2008-05-28 07:43 /dev/sdc
-brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 48 2008-05-28 07:43 /dev/sdd
-brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 64 2008-05-28 07:43 /dev/sde
-        </pre>
-        Thus the group needed is disk. Add yourself to the group with the command          
-        <pre class="wiki">gpasswd -a username groupname</pre>
-      </p>
-      Now reboot and you're done!
     </div>
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