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It's called Tailscale. Here's the homepage: https://tailscale.com

I'd like to see it in the repository because it's a VPN solution that really aligns with the "it just works" philosophy of Solus. Seriously, you just install it, run it, and it works.
The client is open source. It communicates with a closed-source server, but the Linux client is open source.

Here's the most up to date tarball: https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/archive/refs/tags/v1.18.1.tar.gz

I'll note that in order to comply with their requested build steps, we have to use a git source rather than the tarball.

I've got a working package.yml that I've been using, and as a regular user of the software I volunteer to maintain it should it be accepted.

Thanks!

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hansk created this task.Nov 28 2021, 1:35 AM
maveonair awarded a token.Dec 8 2021, 3:49 PM
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JoshStrobl triaged this task as Needs More Info priority.Dec 9 2021, 2:21 PM
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What can this do that the million other VPN solutions in our repo can't do already?

maveonair added a comment.Dec 29 2021, 6:12 PM
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DataDrake closed this task as Wontfix.Feb 10 2022, 8:23 PM
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Closing due to lack of new information after well over 30 days.

Matf added a subscriber: Matf.EditedJun 16 2022, 7:10 PM

@DataDrake, could you mention what are the other VPN @JoshStrobl was referring to? The ones I wanted to use to connect Solus and Windows machines are Zerotier and Tailscaile,which are not in the repository. I would be curious in trying the other ones that are readily available in Solus, or at least compare them to try answering Josh's question above to support the request for Tailscale (or Zerotier).

@hansk, could you please share the working package.yml you have? I have tried manually installing Tailscale but the service always fails to start (but I can run tailscaled manually and then tailscale, it's just inconvenient), presumably I've tried to change the directories and forgot to alter it in one of the files.

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