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 ## 1. Acquire the code
 
-For users, the preferred method is to [download a release](https://github.com/cp2k/cp2k/releases/).
-For developers, the preferred method is to [download from Git](./README.md#downloading-cp2k-source-code).
+For users, the preferred method is to [download a release](https://github.com/cp2k/cp2k/releases/)
+(use the versioned tarballs, `cp2k-X.Y.tar.bz2`). For developers, the preferred
+method is to [download from Git](./README.md#downloading-cp2k-source-code).
 
 For more details on downloading CP2K, see <https://www.cp2k.org/download>.