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.

    • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      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.

        • Tsouintsouin@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          7·
          1 year ago

          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

      • bartolomeo@suppo.fiEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        Wait why “if you’re crazy”? I know wireguard is faster but is there something I’m missing?

        • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          No, you are not missing anything. Wireguard is just much better.

        • ancoraunamoka@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          1·
          1 year 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.

          you should use openvpn in difficult network configurations such as college dorm blocking everything except tcp 443 and tcp 80 or with old clients that don’t support wireguard

    • AlexandroffExtension@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      5·
      1 year 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.

    • kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      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.

    • zcode@infosec.pubEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      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.

  • Destide@feddit.ukEnglish
    122·
    1 year ago

    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

    • Doomguy1364@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      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.

  • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    1 year 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·
      1 year 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.

  • WeAreAllOne@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    1 year 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
      2·
      1 year 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
        6·
        1 year 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.

        • Doomguy1364@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
          1·
          1 year 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·
            1 year 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.

            • Doomguy1364@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
              2·
              1 year 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·
                1 year 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.

  • ISOmorph@feddit.deEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    The same 3 VPNs get recommended each time this question is asked:

    • Mullvad
    • Proton
    • IVPN
    • kostel_thecreed@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      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.

      • ThoGot@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        What is the advantage of port-forwarding? I use Mullvad and don’t know if I’m missing some critical feature

        • Doomguy1364@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
          0·
          1 year ago

          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.

          • ISOmorph@feddit.deEnglish
            0·
            1 year ago

            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.

    • Carter@feddit.ukEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      So two that don’t offer port forwarding and one that only does on Windows? Wow what a great recommendation…

  • Durotar@lemmy.mlEnglish
    6·
    1 year 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·
      1 year ago

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

  • Gunpachi@lemmings.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year 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 ?

    • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      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.
  • adr1an@programming.devEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

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

  • DangerMouse@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    1 year 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”.