Simplify getting started (#533)

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## Getting Started
[ ![Download](https://api.bintray.com/packages/open-telemetry/maven/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/images/download.svg) ](https://bintray.com/open-telemetry/maven/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/_latestVersion)
Download the [latest version](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/releases/latest/download/opentelemetry-auto-all.jar).
The easiest way to start is to download "all-in" package, which includes instrumentation agent,
This package includes the instrumentation agent,
instrumentations for all supported libraries and all available data exporters.
This provides completely automatic out of the box experience.
TODO add here screenshot from Bintray download list.
The instrumentation agent is enabled using the `-javaagent` flag to the JVM.
```
java -javaagent:path/to/opentelemetry-auto-<version>-all.jar \
java -javaagent:path/to/opentelemetry-auto-all.jar \
-jar myapp.jar
```
By default OpenTelemetry Java agent uses
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Configuration parameters are passed as Java system properties (`-D` flags) or
as environment variables (see below for full list). For example:
```
java -javaagent:path/to/opentelemetry-auto-<version>-all.jar \
java -javaagent:path/to/opentelemetry-auto-all.jar \
-Dota.exporter=zipkin
-jar myapp.jar
```