diff --git a/Slackware/README b/Slackware/README
index 494ffa4200..2c02b8e2e0 100644
--- a/Slackware/README
+++ b/Slackware/README
@@ -1,25 +1,45 @@
-ou will need atleast monotone > = 0.41 to get the most recent build source
-and connect it to an already running i2p router.
+Getting the sources
+===================
 
-OR:
+Monotone
+--------
 
-You may download the actual "stable" source from
-http://code.google.com/p/i2p/downloads/list
+The bleeding-edge source code is available both within and outside of I2P. The
+I2P project uses Monotone to maintain the codebase.
 
-You will need to follwing tools to build the i2p and i2p-base packages:
+Information on retrieving the source with monotone is available within I2P at
+http://i2p-projekt.i2p/monotone and from the internet at https://geti2p.net/monotone.
+
+Monotone 1.0 Slackbuilds are available at http://slackbuilds.org/.
+
+Git
+---
+
+Git is also an option to retrieve the I2P source code. That said, Monotone is *the*
+authoritative source. Known Git repositories with the I2P source include
+
+- https://github.com/i2p/i2p.i2p
+- http://git.repo.i2p/w/i2p.i2p.git (mirrored from Github)
+- http://sourceforge.net/p/i2p/code/
+
+Tarball
+-------
+
+The latest stable release is always available from the I2P homepage at
+https://geti2p.net/get/.
+
+Building the SlackBuild
+=======================
+
+The following is needed to build the i2p and i2p-base packages:
 
 bash >= 3.1.017
-requiredbuilder >= 0.16.3 ( http://www.stabellini.net/requiredbuilder.html )
-jre >= 6u11
-jdk >= 6u11
+jre >= 7u55
+jdk >= 7u55
 apache-ant >= 1.7.1
-perl >= 5.10.0
-python >= 2.5.2
 
-Reccomended:
-monotone >= 0.41 ( http://pkgs.dr.ea.ms )
-
-See also:
+See also
+========
 
 i2p/readme.txt
 
@@ -27,4 +47,4 @@ AND
 
 i2p-base/readme.txt
 
-for information and handy tips.
+for additional information and tips.
diff --git a/Slackware/i2p-base/readme.txt b/Slackware/i2p-base/README
similarity index 100%
rename from Slackware/i2p-base/readme.txt
rename to Slackware/i2p-base/README
diff --git a/Slackware/i2p/readme.txt b/Slackware/i2p/README
similarity index 64%
rename from Slackware/i2p/readme.txt
rename to Slackware/i2p/README
index 2c6d4fa50c..82fbad2062 100644
--- a/Slackware/i2p/readme.txt
+++ b/Slackware/i2p/README
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 Building:
-The i2p package will be installed in /opt/i2p 
+The i2p package will be installed to /opt/i2p
 
 If you want to change installation dir, change the variable INSTALL_DIR
-on i2p.SlackBuild and rebuild the package. You will also need to do the same
+in i2p.SlackBuild and rebuild the package. You will also need to do the same
 in the base-i2p package.
 
 Installation and Upgrade:
 Probably you will never have to update i2p packages. However if you do,
 be sure to installpkg first, then removepkg or custom config files can
 be lost with upgradepkg. I2P has an auto-update function. However using
-installpkg then removepkg lowers the demand on the I2P network as a 
+installpkg then removepkg lowers the demand on the I2P network as a
 whole, and is by far faster.
 
 After installpkg command, doinst.sh will execute a postinstallation script
@@ -22,18 +22,18 @@ shutdown.
 
 How to start I2P:
 
-Start I2P service with-
+Start the I2P service with-
 sh /etc/rc.d/rc.i2p start
 
-Now tell your browser to user this proxy: localhost on port 4444 and open
-this page: http://localhost:7657/index.jsp
-Here you can configure I2P, watch network status and navigate anonimously.
+Now tell your browser to use this proxy: 127.0.0.1 on port 4444 and open
+this page: http://127.0.0.1:7657
+Here you can configure I2P, watch network status and navigate anonymously.
 It's suggested to subscribe to various addressbook hosts so that you can
 get to the many available eepsites and other service on I2P. These are not
-set up by default for security reasons. 
+set up by default for security reasons.
 
-Please see the faqs on http://www.i2p2.i2p/ or http://www.i2p2.de/ on how
-to subscribe to the various addressbook services.
+Please see the faqs at http://i2p-projekt.i2p/faq or https://geti2p.net/faq for information about
+the various addressbook services.
 
 To stop I2P:
  /etc/rc.d/rc.i2p stop
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ To stop I2P:
 
 For any additional information:
 
-Within I2P- http://www.i2p2.i2p/, http://forum.i2p/, http://zzz.i2p
-
-Internet (not reccomended!) - http://www.i2p2.de/, http://forum.i2p2.de/
+Within I2P- http://i2p-projekt.i2p/, http://forum.i2p/, http://zzz.i2p
 
+Internet (not reccomended!) - https://geti2p.net/