scratching my own itch [or: why I still love open source]

I’m visiting my parents for the long weekend. Sitting in the airport I decided I should use my spare time to write some documentation, so sitting in the airport was the first time I’d tried to connect to work’s OpenVPN server. While it’s awesome that Network Manager can now import OpenVPN configs, it didn’t work because NM doesn’t support the crucial keysize parameter.

Rather than work around the problem, which some people have done, but would annoyingly break my other OpenVPNs, I used the fact that it’s open source to fix the problem properly.

My Dad asked if I was working. No, well, not really. I’m fixing the interface to my VPN client so I can connect to work’s VPN, I replied. Unglaublich! my father remarked. Not unbelievable, because it’s open source!

Author: Danielle

Danielle is an Australian software engineer, computer scientist and feminist. She doesn't really work on GNOME any more (sadly). Opinions and writing are solely her own and so not represent her employer, the GNOME Foundation, or anyone else but herself. View all posts by Danielle