Docs: add recommendation to use meson/conda in building from source

src/doc/en/installation/index.rst

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 .. _installation-guide:
 
-==================================
-Welcome to Sage Installation Guide
-==================================
+=======================
+Sage Installation Guide
+=======================
 
 This is the installation guide for SageMath, a free open-source mathematics software system.
 It is designed to help you install SageMath on your computer.
@@ -16,9 +16,20 @@ obtaining the source code and building SageMath.
 
   .. tab:: Conda
 
-    Install SageMath from
-    the `conda-forge <https://conda-forge.org/>`_ project, as described in section
-    :ref:`sec-installation-conda`.
+    To install SageMath from
+    the `conda-forge <https://conda-forge.org/>`_ project
+    you can use the following command:
+
+    .. code-block:: console
+
+      $ conda create -n sage sage python=3.11
+
+    This will create a new conda environment named ``sage``
+    containing SageMath and Python 3.11.
+    You can then activate this environment with the command
+    ``conda activate sage`` and start SageMath by typing ``sage``.
+
+    For more details, see section :ref:`sec-installation-conda`.
 
   .. tab:: Arch Linux/Manjaro
 
@@ -122,10 +133,17 @@ obtaining the source code and building SageMath.
       $ conda activate sage
       $ sage
 
-    This way of starting Sage gives you the most basic way of using
-    Sage in the terminal. See :ref:`sec-launching` for recommended next steps,
-    in particular for setting up the Jupyter notebook, which is required if
-    you want to use graphics.
+
+After installation, you can start SageMath in a terminal as follows:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  $ sage
+
+This way of starting Sage gives you the most basic way of using
+Sage in the terminal. See :ref:`sec-launching` for recommended next steps,
+in particular for setting up the Jupyter notebook, which is required if
+you want to use graphics.
 
 .. _sec-cloud:
 
@@ -145,13 +163,14 @@ In the cloud
   <https://hub.docker.com/r/sagemathinc/cocalc>`_ can be used on any system with Docker to run CoCalc locally.
 
 
-More information:
+More information
+================
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
    conda
    source
-   meson
+   source-distro
    launching
    troubles

src/doc/en/installation/meson.build

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ doc_sources = [
   'conf.py',
   'index.rst',
   'launching.rst',
-  'meson.rst',
   'source.rst',
   'troubles.rst',
+  'source-distro.rst',
 ]
 
 foreach file : doc_sources