From 23906de9eb78b702cccede2c3a4017d644e0f0d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: moscar <moscar@riseup.net> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 01:17:19 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Small fixes here and there --- pages/about-us/news/2020/linux-packaging.md | 29 ++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/pages/about-us/news/2020/linux-packaging.md b/pages/about-us/news/2020/linux-packaging.md index a79f325..365ec4f 100644 --- a/pages/about-us/news/2020/linux-packaging.md +++ b/pages/about-us/news/2020/linux-packaging.md @@ -4,33 +4,32 @@ @more = true @preview_image = '/img/pages/gummi-penguins.jpg' -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. -- GitLab