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authorkwadronaut <kwadronaut@leap.se>2020-06-18 20:24:53 +0200
committerkwadronaut <kwadronaut@leap.se>2020-06-18 20:24:53 +0200
commit8a0e24e394467e5f758addbfab06e6779db7dc05 (patch)
tree718ddf8a09329a9a1d098fcda78f83f2ad35bfda
parent23906de9eb78b702cccede2c3a4017d644e0f0d6 (diff)
Typo and lang in packaging post
-rw-r--r--pages/about-us/news/2020/linux-packaging.md15
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diff --git a/pages/about-us/news/2020/linux-packaging.md b/pages/about-us/news/2020/linux-packaging.md
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--- a/pages/about-us/news/2020/linux-packaging.md
+++ b/pages/about-us/news/2020/linux-packaging.md
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ 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
+We know, snap has many problems. Packages often don't work well in distros not
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 and [not everybody agrees with
-their decisions] (https://jatan.blog/2020/05/02/ubuntu-snap-obsession-has-snapped-me-off-of-it/).
+their decisions](https://jatan.blog/2020/05/02/ubuntu-snap-obsession-has-snapped-me-off-of-it/).
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
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ 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
-packages](https://riseup.net/en/vpn/linux#package-installation) as well, and we
+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 its architecture
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ is great, its security is really nice and it solves some of the problems of snap
(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.
+which is by design not allowed by flatpack. So flatpack is not an option for us.
Snap does containerize as well, but this is something that you can disable when
you make the snap by using the 'classic' mode. We do that to be able to package
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ From the core team we might not have the time in the near future to work on any
other packages. But we will welcome any contributors. If you would like to
package the VPN for your favourite package manager we'll be really happy to
help. Don't hesitate to [open an
-issue](https://0xacab.org/leap/bitmask-vpn/-/issues/new) to discuss it there or
-pass by
+issue](https://0xacab.org/leap/bitmask-vpn/-/issues/new) to discuss it there,
+pass by on
[irc](https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net:+6697/?nick=guest?#leap) or
-our [mailing list](discuss-subscribe@leap.se).
+write to our [mailing list](discuss-subscribe@leap.se).