I’d prefer to get a VPN to avoid the risk of my internet getting shut down, but I’m not aware of what the options for Linux are. I figured this would be a good place to ask.

  • bardmoss@linux.community
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    7 months ago

    The only VPNs which are not owned by marketing companies are Mullvad and Proton. The largest VPNs are owned by Kape Technologies, renamed because their prior company name distributed malware, whose top people are former Israeli military, so I wouldn’t trust them as far as I could throw them. I would never use a free VPN except for Proton, and Proton’s paid VPN has a lot more nodes and features.

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      7 months ago

      Mozilla’s VPN is just reselling Mullvad, so you can support Mozilla and use Mullvad at the same time if you like.

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          7 months ago

          That only benefits the Mozilla Foundation and not the Cooperation who is responsible for developing Firefox. If you want your money to be used for Firefox, then you need to spending it towards the Cooperation AFAIK.

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      7 months ago

      I’m a Proton die hard but I hear their Linux VPN client is lacking. I use all of their products but not on Linux.

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    7 months ago

    Proton and mullvad are the two best options I know of.

    Pretty much any VPN provider is usable on Linux though, network manager can handle wireguard or openvpn configs just fine. Your biggest concern should be trustworthiness.

  • shaytan@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago
    • Mullvad: Very privacy focused, ok priced, very robust. Sadly they removed port forwarding not too long ago.
    • AirVPN: Good speeds, many servers, cheap, port fowarding.
    • ProtonVPN: Works well, specially if you like the idea of getting their services together (mail, cloud, vpn)
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    7 months ago

    Your OS doesn’t matter when picking a VPN provider.

    Others have mentioned plenty of good options.

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      7 months ago

      It does matter in terms of ease of use. Some have apps, some don’t. A non-linux-native might have difficulties with the latter.

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    7 months ago

    Mullvad, it has ipv6 and works on linux even if you don’t use NetworkManager. Protonvpn doesn’t have ipv6 and only works with networkmanager

    Also last I checked, mullvad wireguard works in the app, whereas proton requires special setup

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      7 months ago

      Mullvad doesn’t offer port forwarding anymore if that’s important to you.

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    7 months ago

    I’m a Proton slave, all my eggs are in their basket so I’ll go ahead and provide some free marketing for them. ProtonVPN is pretty good since it’s ran by a good company that cares about you, getting Port Forwarding setup on Linux is a bit of a chore but I believe they’re working on automating it, the Windows app does have it automated already by the way.

    I do worry about the long-term practicality of ProtonVPN because of this manual process, since as far as I can tell there’s no way to automatically hand your assigned port to the torrent client…

  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    Mullvad has an open source client. It can also be set up usung OpenVPN too.

    Bear in mind they don’t have Port Forwarding anymore.

  • Agatha@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    OS doesn’t matter. And windows with crapware removed runs just as well. (OMG, there is so much crapware on the barebones install)

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      7 months ago

      I can also vouch for PIA’s cost vs. performance, but their prices have risen recently (still cheaper than most), and I also learned the other day that they’re now owned by Kape Technologies, a company that used to do bloat/malware development to do shady data mining.

      I’m actually considering switching to AirVPN or Mozilla VPN/Mullvad, despite being a longtime customer, just for the peace of mind. Also, if you buy the three year plan of AirVPN, it’s cheaper than PIA.

      And, PIA still doesn’t offer a standalone WireGuard configuration file, despite promising it was in the works a few years ago, and that’s been a stick in my craw when trying to set it up the way I want on Bazzite Linux.

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        7 months ago

        hey’re now owned by Kape Technologies, a company that used to do bloat/malware development to do shady data mining.

        not a new thing. been that way fr years nw. sucsk but there apps are stlll foss (on github), still 3rd pary audite, and ii still havent been sued for downlodaing shit lpl

        an they have wg. but you neeed to clone their git repo and run some shit to generate it. i wish it was just a simple conf file like ovpn but something about auth token i think. idr

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    7 months ago

    I’ll vouch for airvpn. I’ve been using it for probably six years now with no issues. When using wireguard I can download Linux isos at 500mbps.

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    7 months ago

    I really like ProtonVPN with the unlimited plan. Comes with their premium email, drive, and password manager for $8-12 a month (depending on what plan length you buy)