Fix minor typos and update marketing copy.

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-Native ZFS for Linux! ZFS is an advanced file system and volume manager
-which was originally developed for Solaris. It has been successfully 
-ported to FreeBSD and now there is a functional Linux ZFS kernel port
-too. The port currently includes a fully functional and stable SPA, DMU,
-and ZVOL with a ZFS Posix Layer (ZPL) on the way!
+Native ZFS for Linux!
 
-    $ ./configure
-    $ make pkg
+ZFS is an advanced file system and volume manager which was originally
+developed for Solaris and is now maintained by the Illumos community.
 
-To copy the kernel code inside your kernel source tree for builtin
-compilation:
+ZFS on Linux, which is also known as ZoL, is currently feature complete.  It
+includes fully functional and stable SPA, DMU, ZVOL, and ZPL layers.
 
-    $ ./configure --enable-linux-builtin --with-linux=/usr/src/linux-...
-    $ ./copy-builtin /usr/src/linux-...
-
-Full documentation for building, configuring, and using ZFS can be
-found at: <http://zfsonlinux.org>
+Full documentation for installing ZoL on your favorite Linux distribution can
+be found at: <http://zfsonlinux.org>