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:balloon: Welcome to Linkerd! :wave:
-Linkerd is a *service mesh*, designed to give platform-wide observability,
-reliability, and security without requiring configuration or code changes.
+Linkerd is an ultralight, security-first service mesh for Kubernetes. Linkerd
+adds critical security, observability, and reliability features to your
+Kubernetes stack with no code change required.
Linkerd is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation ([CNCF][cncf]) project.
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ The complete list of Linkerd repos is:
## Quickstart and documentation
-You can run Linkerd on any Kubernetes 1.13+ cluster in a matter of seconds. See
-the [Linkerd Getting Started Guide][getting-started] for how.
+You can run Linkerd on any modern Kubernetes cluster in a matter of seconds.
+See the [Linkerd Getting Started Guide][getting-started] for how.
For more comprehensive documentation, start with the [Linkerd
docs][linkerd-docs]. (The doc source code is available in the
@@ -47,15 +48,15 @@ contributing changes.
* Join Linkerd's [user mailing list][linkerd-users], [developer mailing
list][linkerd-dev], and [announcements mailing list][linkerd-announce].
-* Follow [@linkerd][twitter] on Twitter.
+* Follow [@Linkerd][twitter] on Twitter.
* Join the [Linkerd Slack][slack].
* Join us in the regular online community meetings!
## Community meetings
We host regular online meetings for contributors, adopters, maintainers, and
-anyone else interested to connect in a synchronous fashion. These meetings take
-place the last Wednesday of the month at 9am Pacific / 4pm UTC.
+anyone else interested to connect in a synchronous fashion. These meetings
+usually take place the last Wednesday of the month at 9am Pacific / 4pm UTC.
* [Zoom link](https://zoom.us/my/cncflinkerd)
* [Google calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=buoyant.io_j28ik70vrl3418f4oldkdici7o%40group.calendar.google.com)
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ report [here](SECURITY_AUDIT.pdf).
## License
-Copyright 2019, Linkerd Authors. All rights reserved.
+Copyright 2020 the Linkerd Authors. All rights reserved.
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use
these files except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the
