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)
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OS doesn't matter. And windows with crapware removed runs just as well. (OMG, there is so much crapware on the barebones install)
OP is not asking for windows
I use Mullvad
I like mullvad. I use their wireguard service.
Is it free?
5 euros a month. Worth it, it's by far the best VPN.
No.
Proton VPN is good and has a good free plan, but os doesn't matter when choosing a VPN
Your OS doesn't matter when picking a VPN provider.
Others have mentioned plenty of good options.
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.
- 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)
I use ProtonVPN with Ubuntu 23.10 and it works fine. I also use it with Windows and the only difference I've noticed between the two is that port forwarding is a lot more fiddly to setup in the Linux client, whereas it just works out-of-the-box with the Windows client. For that reason, if you're doing a lot of torrenting you may wish to look at alternatives, though as I understand ProtonVPN is one or the few remaining good VPNs with port forwarding.
AirVPN recommended here. Compatible with WireGuard and they have a Linux client, too.
+1 for air VPN, using it as well.
Mullvad is good and has a decent price
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
Mullvad doesn't offer port forwarding anymore if that's important to you.
Proton and Mullvad have the best privacy record, but I want to suggest a different tool. VPNs are really only useful for tunneling and adding an extra layer of anonymity, there's no total assurance they won't rat on you or get breached.
Real-Debrid is a way to torrent without risking ISP shutting down. Other debrid services exist, I just prefer real-debrid. The debrid service does the illegal part and you download over high speed. It's also more available since you can think of it like a very large scale seedbox. There's also implementation for most media center apps.
I've never heard of this before, and it sounds interesting after a cursory search online. Why the downvotes?
People get weird about VPNs. I think it's the way that they're marketed as security solution which is not really true these days.
As you may read elsewhere, Mullvad and ProtonVPN are the go-to for many people. But what Linux distro are you running? both of them don't have an OFFICIAL client for Arch, you can install them from the AUR though but I read the from proton rep in reddit that they don't recommend these packages as they're handled by the community.
I use Proton VPN to bypass censorship. Use Remote Torrenting for torrent.
Im using mullvad and happy with it on Ubuntu LTS
Using torguard. Works well
If you wanna torrent make sure it supports port forwarding.
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