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 Additional design notes, presentations, and other collateral are 
 also available at http://xosproject.org and http://cord.onosproject.org.
 
-One quick way to get started is to build and run the containers in
-`containers/` (see the README in that directory for more information).
-
-Another quick way to get started is to look at the collection of
+The best way to get started is to look at the collection of
 canned configurations in `xos/configurations/`. The `cord` 
 configuration in that directory corresponds to our current 
 CORD development environment, and the `README.md` you'll find there
 will help you get started.
+
+Source tree layout:
+ * applications -- stand-alone applications that run on top of XOS.
+ * containers -- common Dockerfiles used by various XOS configurations
+ * views -- mechanisms to extend XOS with customized views
+ * xos -- XOS internals