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authormoscar <moscar@riseup.net>2020-06-18 01:17:19 -0700
committermoscar <moscar@riseup.net>2020-06-18 01:17:19 -0700
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-We get frequently asked why we don't do flatpack or appimage or arch packages or
-... There are many distros and many package managers in GNU/Linux. Sadly our
-time is limited and we have to decide what we focus or energies on. And
+We get frequently asked why we don't do flatpack or appimage or arch packages
+or... for our VPN. There are many distros and many package managers in GNU/Linux. Sadly our
+time is limited and we have to decide what we focus our energies on. And
currently in GNU/Linux we are focusing our work on [snap
packages](https://snapcraft.io/riseup-vpn).
I know, snap has many problems. Packages often don't work well in distros not
-based in debian ([#272](https://0xacab.org/leap/bitmask-vpn/-/issues/272),
+based on debian ([#272](https://0xacab.org/leap/bitmask-vpn/-/issues/272),
[#77](https://0xacab.org/leap/bitmask-vpn/-/issues/77)). It's a centralized
-platform, controlled by one commercial entity that not [everybody agrees with
-its
-decisions](https://jatan.blog/2020/05/02/ubuntu-snap-obsession-has-snapped-me-off-of-it/).
+platform, controlled by one commercial entity and [not everybody agrees with
+their decisions] (https://jatan.blog/2020/05/02/ubuntu-snap-obsession-has-snapped-me-off-of-it/).
-Our primary target audience has always being the less computer wise users. In
-GNU/Linux most of these users use ubuntu. That has been our main reason to focus
-our energies on supporting ubuntu users. And snap makes it very easy to include
-software in ubuntu so is easy to install in this platform. Also the most used
+Our primary target audience has always been the less computer-savvy users. In
+GNU/Linux most of them use ubuntu. That has been our main reason to focus
+our energies on supporting ubuntu first. And snap makes it very easy to include
+software in ubuntu which is convenient too. Also the most used
distros around are debian based, and snap usually works well on those.
-Knowing that not everybody likes snap we produce [.deb
+Knowing that not everybody likes snap, we produce [.deb
packages](https://riseup.net/en/vpn/linux#package-installation) as well, and we
do our best to keep them up to date.
-One of the other options we have explored is flatpack. I think it's architecture
+One of the other options we have explored is flatpack. I think its architecture
is great, its security is really nice and it solves some of the problems of snap
-(is not centralized, the control is in the users, ...). But flatpack is designed
-to containerize the applications, making impossible to package something like a
+(it's not centralized, the control is in the users, ...). But flatpack is designed
+to containerize the applications, making it impossible to package something like a
VPN, because it needs to modify the network configuration and the firewall
which is by design not allowed by flatpack. So, for us flatpack is not an
option.