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 ## Linux kernel
 
-A Linux kernel is required for spawning light weight virtual machines on macOS.
+A Linux kernel is required for spawning lightweight virtual machines on macOS.
 Containerization provides an optimized kernel configuration located in the [kernel](./kernel) directory.
 
 This directory includes a containerized build environment to easily compile a kernel for use with Containerization.