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.
The same 3 VPNs get recommended each time this question is asked:
- Mullvad
- Proton
- IVPN
+1 for Mullvad
+2
Sorry to spam the instance with a FAQ. I may of been misinformed, I was under the impression it was difficult to seed easily with Mullvad now. Also I was curious if anyone had recommendations with good Linux clients, not just the service itself; It seems IVPN or Mullvad will be the best all around option for me, if I do go the VPN route.
I can confirm that seeding with mullvad is painfully slow, if you do torrent locally get a VPN with port forwarding.
What does port forwarding do in this case? A lot of ppl are mentioning it… “And at this point I’m too afraid to ask”
I only read the title and love Mullvad but for torrenting I’d absolutely recommend a seedbox instead. Some ones I can recommend are Whatbox.ca if you’re in North America or Seedhost if you’re in the EU. Feralhosting isn’t bad either specially for the price.
I started with Feralhosting but decided I wanted to try racing and bought a custom tuned server. Then I realized I didn’t want to pay $100 a month and switched to Chmuranet (sp?) and didn’t like how they treated their customers. Then I tried Seedhost which was great but the peering to North America wasn’t ideal. Finally I ended up with Whatbox and I’ve been happy with them ever since.
Thanks for the information, I will definitely look into those! I used to use Mullvad for torrenting for a number of years, the Linux client worked very well, no leaks, and the Killswitch was effective through manual testing.
What would stop one of these sites from removing copywrited content and / or informing the owner?
Seems risky putting seeding in someone else’s hands
Mullvad doesn’t have port forwarding anymore. As long as you don’t want to leech top secret dark net torrents that only 3 people have in the world, you’re absolutely fine.
or use any private trackers at all lol
Only Proton should be recommended for torrenting since it has port-forwarding. I don’t know why people love suggesting these even without port-forwarding.
Because most people aren’t tech savvy enough or have the need for port forwarding.
Port-forwarding isn’t essential for torrenting. It really depends on the user as to whether that’s an important feature.
So two that don’t offer port forwarding and one that only does on Windows? Wow what a great recommendation…
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If only there was a way to make wireguard or openvpn work with linux…
Damn you windows!
Airvpn. I’ve been using it for years with no problem.
Same here. They have an open source graphical client you can use or they can generate an OpenVPN profile for you. Easy to use, high speeds, good price and they support port forwarding.
Same here but do find they are blocked a bit more than other vpn providers. But will keep using them due to good speeds and easy config.
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.
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…
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
I use syncthing on my phone to backup photos to a drive on my homelab.
Yeah that’s the method i keep hearing about. Just to lazy to set it up lol
Syncthing is great, it’s so simple you almost can’t call it setup but I kind of miss the homelab part so I used my computer, now I miss that too but I will get it repaied very soon (hopefully)
Proton as a package is nice. If you immerse yourself into their ecosystem (email, drive, pass, vpn) you can get a lot of value from that $10/mo.
I had to unsubscribe from them after using them for some years because they just won’t bring feature parity to the Linux VPN client. I know they don’t have permanent, fixed port forwarding on the Windows client, but the fact that they still haven’t brought that feature to Linux is a big 🙄 for me.
The other thing is I’d be cautious about being dependent on any service where if you decide it isn’t bringing you as much value as you pay for, but you invested in certain extra features that are paid-only. In my case I had a secondary email handle (one that didn’t just have my full name in it, so I can sign up for stuff anonymously). Well, after coming to grips with the fact that I don’t want the VPN anymore, and that I don’t want to pay $4/mo just to send one email a week and receive a few that are only confirmations, that second address can no longer send/receive. I had to move every account into secondary free proton email before my term ended.
I’m not saying there’s anything nefarious about using a paid feature and then losing it. I am just saying be cautious about it and understand what you get yourself info when starting a subscription that you may depend on.
edit: this is advice directed generally, not specifically to the person I’m responding to who merely inspired me to comment
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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).
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?
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.
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!
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.
i’ve been using mullvad for almost a year with zero issues. fast, cheap and reliable.
If you ever connect the public WiFi, make sure that your clients have fixed these vulnerabilities (two widespread security vulnerabilities in VPNs can be abused by an adversary to leak traffic outside the VPN tunnel):
Holy shit, thank you for that information; I will definitely ensure I use a client with that vulnerability patched!
Airvpn
Airvpn cuz mullvad dont have PF anymore. Simmilar prices and just works. I found eddie client gui buggy (it could be something on my side), but its working for me
Mullvad. The others have horrible apps on Linux.
Mullvad doesn’t support port forwarding anymore. I use airvpn and you can just use the native WireGuard (or OpenVPN if you’r crazy) apps on different platforms if you want.
Wait why “if you’re crazy”? I know wireguard is faster but is there something I’m missing?
No, you are not missing anything. Wireguard is just much better.
I use Wireguard on Mullvad. I don’t know what you’re talking about 🤷♂️
he is saying mullvad doesn’t support port forwarding anymore, which is true. As a long time mullvad customer, I’m now looking for alternatives
ProtonVPN’s interface is fine
Is it? I couldn’t get it to auto connect at start. Which makes the all idea of having a VPN senseless IMHO.
It integrates like a normal VPN in GNOME, you get a button in the quick settings tray.
What do you guys think about Azire VPN https://www.azirevpn.com ? Looks similar in feature set to Mullvad & co (except Azire still supports port forwarding).
+1 to Mullvad. I only switched to NordVPN because I wanted to use an IP address from a country they have servers on.
Another mullvad recommendation usually don’t trust any provider if they can afford and want to do advertisement all over the place. Mullvad let’s you pay in coins if you want to be super ghost
Oh yeah. I’ve used them for a couple years, I’ve just been out of the circle for 4-5 months. I also know things can change in the snap of a finger, so I figured I’d ask around. Good to see mullvad is still so highly recommended.
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 ?
PIA is not good. It’s owned by Kape Technologies which has done sketchy things in the past.
I switched to airvpn. It gets the job done.
- Not as fast as mullvad on gigabit but it’s good enough
- the app doesn’t look great, but yeah.
- In general cheaper than mullvad.
- I have no idea if they are blocked from streaming sites, I only use VPN for torrents.
ivpn cuz you can pay with Monero
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.
