Considering VPN for Plasma

WetGeek

I've seen TV commercials lately for a commercial VPN that sounds very attractive. But, although it's advertised as available for Linux (among others), I'm not sure it would be easy to configure for a specific Linux system. I think one that's provided by our own repositories stands a better chance of working out-of-the-box for my KDE Plasma systems.

So I'm seeking recommendations from those of you who are using Plasma, and have good experiences with a VPN that's available on Solus. One thing that I'm concerned about is that when I experimented with a VPN years ago, I was so anonymous that I couldn't order anything from stores I'd patronized for years. They didn't know who was, placing an order from Bangladesh, or wherever. And likewise, I couldn't send a message to my doctor, or access a streaming service I paid for. And paying for anything with a credit card was out of the question.

Is this still an issue? Or is the technology more advanced by now? Most of the time I spend online is with people and places that need to know who is contacting them. I almost always need to be able to log on with my credentials. Any recommendations will be appreciated.

diagnostics0

I use the Proton family of services. With their VPN it can be installed to use the GUI or CLI. My banking apps have never questioned me about connecting from inside or outside the US. Although I also use TFA so maybe that is why. You can also choose where you want to connect from within a country which is pretty neat... for reasons.

The most annoying thing is Google will always run a "are you human" check. But I usually use DDG search or Bing through DDG.

Either way haven't really had problems with location detection and I love Proton Pass and Mail. They are also based in Switzerland and have recently switched to a non-profit organization

alfisya

diagnostics0 For ProtonVPN, we have a few apps for it available in repo:

proton-vpn-gtk-app (The newest app)
protonvpn-gui (Old, soon to be deprecated)
protonvpn-cli (Old, soon to be deprecated)

One can always just download a OpenVPN or WireGuard config file from their VPN provider and just use their DE network settings to manage it. This is my prefered choice.

The other VPN client we have available is mullvad and does tailscale counts? It is not exactly the same as the other two.

MikeK61 I'm sorry this is off-topic, but you seem always use backticks (`) instead of aposthrope ('). It makes your text rendered as code in the forum(markdown editor). I will edit your reply, you can see the difference.

MikeK61

I'm also using Plasma and have VPN active for more than 6 years now.
It is not that hard to get VPN running on Linux.
You only need to make sure it can also be installed via openvpnin network manager like i did when i startet with Solus 2 years ago.
ATM i`m using the snap version because the native app offers more options to use.
Since snap will be depreciatet i will have to go back to openvpn version until a native app is available again.
With NordVpn you can also use a web extension for your browser to enable vpn.

If i don`t get access to a certain website i simply deactivate cybersec for that procedure.
I just renewed my 2 years plan a few days ago.

User_007

18 / 5.000
I recommend Mullvad. The client is very nice and comfy.

WetGeek

User_007 I recommend Mullvad. The client is very nice and comfy.

I wanted to take a look at this, but all I could get from the app in the Solus repository was an error message.

Is there something that I need, that's not available from Solus?

User_007

Try

sudo systemctl start mullvad-daemon
sudo systemctl enable mullvad-daemon

WetGeek

Thanks. I signed up for a month of service from Mullvad. That should be enough for me to decide whether it's going to work for me.

EDIT: Actually, I think I've already decided. I connected with a USA server (Chicago) and I'm still able to continue here as myself. Gonna try accessing my medical and banking information, but so far, it all seems good.

MORE: I don't think I need any more convincing. I'm able to connect with my stock brokerage and my credit union, both without a problem. Trying to connect with CoinBase said it's not available now, but I think that's probably because Bitcoin is going nuts right now, not because of the VPN.

WetGeek

One thing I couldn't find out by browsing the Mullvad website: How many devices can it handle at one time? I suspect it's more than one, because Nord VPN is about the same cost per month, and it handles up to ten. I assume that Mullvad needs to be competitive.

In other words, can I use my same account number to activate Mullvad on my server upstairs while I'm using my laptop downstairs? Or when I connect my second laptop?

andiskufi

WetGeek I have Mullvad and it allows you up to 5 devices.

FAb7D

I use with plasma pia vpn without particular problems, certainly for streaming the basic version is not the best, because its IPs are often banned. By paying more you can have a dedicated IP and then I think things improve a lot.

Bouquins

I use Mullvad, too. Runs flawlessly.