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-
- KVpnc - a TDE frontend for various vpn clients
- 
- 
-It supports:
-============
-   * Cisco-compatible VPN client (vpnc)
-   * IPSec (freeswan, openswan, racoon)
-   * Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) client (pptp-linux)
-   * Virtual Private Network daemon (openvpn)
-
-
-Features include:
-=================
- - easy to use KDE gui
- - docking in kicker
- - localized GUI (Bulgarian, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian,
-                  Italian, Slovak, Polish, Portuguese Brazilian, Russian,
-                  Spanish)
- - VPN connection to Cisco concentrator
- - VPN connection to VPN servers by using IPsec
-    - FreeS/WAN (Linux 2.4.x) support
-    - racoon (Linux 2.6.x/BSD) support
- - PPTP support (pptpclient)
- - OpenVPN support
- - Multiple profiles
- - preshared secret support
- - X509 certificate support
- - Cisco PCF file import
- - PKCS12 certificate import
- - Ping test
- - automaticlly setting of routes and firewall rules (iptables) (currently: freeswan/racoon)
- - automaticlly network device detection (can be overridden)
- - log file writing
- - DCOP interface
- - user notification for sucessful connect/disconnect
- - NAT-T support (racoon/OpenVPN/vpnc)
-
-
- CONTRIBUTING
-==============
-
-If you wish to contribute to kvpnc, you might do so:
-
-- TDE Gitea Workspace (TGW) collaboration tool.
-  https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea
-
-- TDE Weblate Translation Workspace (TWTW) collaboration tool.
-  https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate
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+ KVpnc - a TDE frontend for various vpn clients
+
+
+It supports:
+------------
+
+* Cisco-compatible VPN client (vpnc)
+* IPSec (freeswan, openswan, racoon)
+* Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) client (pptp-linux)
+* Virtual Private Network daemon (openvpn)
+
+
+Features include:
+-----------------
+
+- easy to use KDE gui
+- docking in kicker
+- localized GUI (Bulgarian, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian,
+                 Italian, Slovak, Polish, Portuguese Brazilian, Russian,
+                 Spanish)
+- VPN connection to Cisco concentrator
+- VPN connection to VPN servers by using IPsec
+  - FreeS/WAN (Linux 2.4.x) support
+  - racoon (Linux 2.6.x/BSD) support
+- PPTP support (pptpclient)
+- OpenVPN support
+- Multiple profiles
+- preshared secret support
+- X509 certificate support
+- Cisco PCF file import
+- PKCS12 certificate import
+- Ping test
+- automaticlly setting of routes and firewall rules (iptables) (currently: freeswan/racoon)
+- automaticlly network device detection (can be overridden)
+- log file writing
+- DCOP interface
+- user notification for sucessful connect/disconnect
+- NAT-T support (racoon/OpenVPN/vpnc)
+
+.
+
+Contributing
+--------------
+
+If you wish to contribute to kvpnc, you might do so:
+
+- TDE Gitea Workspace (TGW) collaboration tool.
+  https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea
+
+- TDE Weblate Translation Workspace (TWTW) collaboration tool.
+  https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate
+
+
+Translations status
+---------------------
+
+### messages
+[![Translations status](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/widgets/applications/-/kvpnc/multi-auto.svg
+"Engage in translating")](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/projects/applications/kvpnc/)
+
+### desktop files
+[![Translations status](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/widgets/applications/-/kvpnc-kvpncdesktop/multi-auto.svg
+"Engage in translating")](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/projects/applications/kvpnc-kvpncdesktop/)
+
+### events
+[![Translations status](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/widgets/applications/-/kvpnc-events/multi-auto.svg
+"Engage in translating")](https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/weblate/projects/applications/kvpnc-events/)