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Remove outdated download and build instructions and update the links to the latest documents

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 There are also mentored bugs, which may be a little more difficult, but still good for beginners. Currently you can find these in Bugzilla or look for them in [https://codetribute.mozilla.org/ Codetribute].
-==But first!! Set up an environment==
+==Set up an environment and build==
 Download and compile Firefox. The instructions depend on your platform. Here they are:
+https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/setup/windows_build.html
+https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/setup/macos_build.html
+https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/setup/linux_build.html
+Also there's quick ref for the entire process:
 https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/contributing/contribution_quickref.html
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 This might take a while - perhaps a couple of hours.
-==Update to the latest build==
+==Run the local build==
-Before you tackle your first bug, here is a walkthrough of what you can do to set up for Firefox coding.
-Let's download the source code for Firefox.
-Run hg clone https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central to get it. This is going to take a while.
-Time to build Firefox.
-Go to the new mozilla-central directory, and run ./mach build. This is going to take a very long time.
 Let's make sure it works!
-Run ./mach run -P blank. If the profile manager dialog appears, create a new profile named blank and continue starting Firefox.
+Run ./mach run.
 ==Code change walkthrough: Turn your tabs green==