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docs/newbs_getting_started.md

@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ QMK tries to put a lot of power into your hands by making easy things easy, and
 
 # Getting Started
 
-Before you can build keymaps, you need to install some software and set up your build environment. This only has to be done once no matter how many keyboards you plan to compile firmware for.
+Before you can build keymaps, you need to install some software and set up your build environment. This only has to be done once no matter how many keyboards you plan to compile firmware for. 
+
+If you would prefer a more graphical user interface approach, please consider using the online [QMK Configurator](https://config.qmk.fm). Please refer to [Building Your First Firmware using the online GUI](newbs_building_firmware_configurator.md). 
+
 
 ## Download Software
 
@@ -63,8 +66,10 @@ You will need to install Git. It's very likely that you already have it, but if
 
 Once you have set up your Linux/Unix environment, you are ready to download QMK. We will do this by using Git to "clone" the QMK repository. Open a Terminal or MSYS2 MinGW window and leave it open for the remainder of this guide. Inside that window run these two commands:
 
-    git clone https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware.git
-    cd qmk_firmware
+```shell
+git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware.git
+cd qmk_firmware
+```
 
 ?> If you already know [how to use GitHub](getting_started_github.md), we recommend that you create and clone your own fork instead. If you don't know what that means, you can safely ignore this message.