Hello all!

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.

  • falconhoof@artemis.camp
    16·
    2 years ago

    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.

    • DreadPotato@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      I just decided to make the switch to protons services last week, so far it’s working well enough. I haven’t found a good way to automatically backup photos from my phone to my proton drive in an organized way though…

      • sadreality@kbin.social
        1·
        2 years ago

        Proton Drive is beta at best… i works, just not how normie end user would expect. there work orders. But I am too lazy to set it up

  • WeAreAllOne@lemm.eeEnglish
    9·
    2 years ago

    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.nzEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      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.eeEnglish
        7·
        2 years ago

        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.

        • Doomguy@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          Thanks for the information; I already use proton mail plus to have all of my email domains under one, easy to sort inbox. However, I don’t wish to perform illicit activities on something with my legal name attached!

          • WeAreAllOne@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            2 years ago

            Well they claim they don’t have a logs policy plus they don’t monitor traffic… I stopped caring about this some time ago haha.

            Then your only option is ivpn I guess.

            • Doomguy@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
              2·
              2 years ago

              Yeah, still I can only take the company’s word to any of these claims. After further research it looks like IVPN doesn’t have port forwarding anymore either; If I do go the VPN route, I may still test my seeding speed with Mullvad as I’ve used them for a number of years.

              • WeAreAllOne@lemm.eeEnglish
                1·
                2 years ago

                Oh they don’t support port forwarding? Hmm I couldn’t find this but , too bad. I guess I have to wait and see the Proton’s implementation.

  • mustbe3to20signs@feddit.deEnglish
    101·
    2 years ago

    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.

    • Doomguy@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      Holy shit, thank you for that information; I will definitely ensure I use a client with those vulnerabilities patched!

  • adr1an@programming.devEnglish
    8·
    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.

  • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.mlEnglish
    7·
    2 years ago

    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.zipEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      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.

  • Gunpachi@lemmings.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    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 -

    1. Airvpn
    2. Azirevpn
    3. 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 ?

  • Durotar@lemmy.mlEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

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

    • kryllic@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Seconding this, Proton has been super easy to work with, and the ProtonPass alias feature just works beautifully

  • DangerMouse@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    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”.