I have been out of the piracy game since a little before mullvad lost port-forwarding; I know these things are ever changing, and to my understanding ivpn is a good bet at this moment in time.

I was wondering what everyone else has been using. As well as if anyone has tried the gui client for ivpn either built from source or the AUR build(I do use arch btw).

I am open to any vpn client that has a good reputation in the community, and build-able from a repository; A gui is preferred but not necessary, and absolutely NO account creation (Except for generic account numbers of course).

Thanks in advance for anyone who takes the time to answer.

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[–] Captain_Red@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Mullvad. The others have horrible apps on Linux.

[–] AlexandroffExtension@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago

Tbf, you don't really need any app. With Mullvad I just download configuration files and import them in KDE. It really is dead simple. Now enabling VPN at will is just two clicks with the possibility do make it automatic with three to four clicks.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

ProtonVPN's interface is fine

[–] Captain_Red@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Is it? I couldn't get it to auto connect at start. Which makes the all idea of having a VPN senseless IMHO.

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[–] falconhoof@artemis.camp 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've been a ProtonVPN user for years and they have been rock solid since day one. It's also convenient for me as I have moved away from Google services and replaced them with Proton's other applications.

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[–] KrimsonBun@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mullvad!

[–] Im1Random@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

What about the removal of port forwarding?

[–] mustbe3to20signs@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Windscribe works for me. You can either use their software which is open source or create personal VPN configs on their site to use it with your distros network manager.

[–] jawsua@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago

They're the best!

[–] WeAreAllOne@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ivpn would be your best choice I think. I'm using proton VPN after mullvad abandoned port forwarding (why oh why did they do that!), but their client for Linux is basic but they are developing a new one at the moment. So port forwarding is a bit difficult to setup (but they do have it).

[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Sorry but your wording is a bit confusing. Are you saying that Proton have port forwarding but it's difficult to set up? And is Mullvad developing a new client or is it Proton? And how does IVPN fit into the picture, do they not have any of these limitations as Proton/Mullvad?

[–] WeAreAllOne@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Sorry haven't had coffee yet. So in short:

Proton has port forwarding but difficult to setup on Linux. They are developing a Linux client more feature rich where hopefully oort forwarding will be an ease just like the windows client they have. Ipvns client for linux I think has this feature but needs verification since last time I looked was more than I months ago.

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[–] anzo@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago

+1 to Mullvad. I only switched to NordVPN because I wanted to use an IP address from a country they have servers on.

[–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

ProtonVPN came with my Proton plan so I decided to try it. Works great on all my Linux distros, haven't had any problems. Kill switch works too, bind your torrent software of choice to the VPN device and you should be good to go.

Make suse to use one of the P2P specific servers for best performance.

No nasty letters from my ISP yet!

[–] LegitNerd@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you been able to get ProtonVPN to work with WireGuard on Linux? I believe their VPN client on Linux only uses OpenVPN and I've tried to pull a WireGuard config file for a P2P server but every time I try to use it, I get no connection.

[–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I haven' tried that naw, sorry :/

[–] furzegulo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago

i've been using mullvad for almost a year with zero issues. fast, cheap and reliable.

[–] gunpachi@lemmings.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I was using mullvad for a few months and noticed that a lot of websites I wanted to use were not working for me. Plus they removed port forwarding.

Since then I have been looking for alternatives.

Currently I'm considering -

Airvpn
Azirevpn
PIA

Pia seems to have a really good deal for the 3 year plan. This particular plan is so cheap that other providers prices seem ridiculously high. I have not heard much good things about PIA, so I still havent bought it.

I have generally heard a positive response on Airvpn.

Don't know much about Azirevpn.

Are there any cheap yet "not shitty" vpn providers that you guys suggest ?

[–] ipodvideo@aussie.zone 8 points 2 years ago

PIA is not good. It's owned by Kape Technologies which has done sketchy things in the past.

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Airvpn with wireguard client prolly. I would just get a seedbox tbh roughly the same price but with more features

https://hostingby.design/app-hosting/

https://ultra.cc/

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[–] Durotar@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I enjoy ProtonVPN and other services that come with the premium subscription. Proton Pass with email aliases is a very good addition.

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[–] DangerMouse@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Mysterium looks pretty interesting, being completely decentralized. All the mainstream VPNs are pretty shady to me, being run in a centralized manner and some heavily marketed by "influencers".

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[–] Ziro@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can I piggy back on this and ask why NordVPN isn't as highly recommended?

[–] Infiltrated_ad8271@kbin.social 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Some of the things I have written down, are mostly old so if anything is missing or needs correction, please let me know:

They have shady origins, no one knows who they are or where they came from, but they did it with enough funds to quickly expand a large worldwide network of servers and an endless aggressive advertising campaign everywhere.

Misleading advertising, from saying they are the best in the world to adding countdowns to get an offer that restarts when clearing cookies.

They were hacked and tried to hide it for a very, very long time.

Their app on mac pings google every 20 seconds. The android app is riddled with trackers. They use a myriad of integrated google services.

They do not offer open source or audited apps.

If you cancel the auto-renewal of the service, you lose many secondary services and they charge you weeks before the end of the subscription.

In short, they are the kind of company that screams that they don't deserve anyone's trust, and that's a big problem for a VPN. I suggest mullvad, they have a long history of good practices, are privacy activists and are backed by companies like mozilla.

[–] Doomguy1364@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also besides them being extremely shady; I refuse to use any VPN that makes me create an account past a generic account number. If you don't log my data, why do you need me to sign up?

[–] highseas111@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mullvad even accepts an envelope of cash as payment. It’s the only reputable VPN

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[–] Ziro@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Thank you so much; your response was very helpful. I guess I'm canceling my Nord sub now...

[–] RobotDaniel@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Proton vpn is great, has a free tier as well. (Proton is a privacy-focused company so you can probably trust them)

[–] kzhe@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Free tier doesn't support p2p, should be noted

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[–] wax@lemmy.wtf 3 points 2 years ago

Torguard has worked well for me

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nobody mentioned Mozilla VPN (not recommending it, just wondering why).

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[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 2 points 2 years ago

IVPN is good. A little on the expensive side but based in Gibraltar, good GUI for x86 machines, CLI client for other machines, and ofc openvpn config files. Wireguard too, "hardcore" tracker blocker, always-on firewall available... A lot of bells and whistles. AND really good customer service.

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