What VPN clients would you recommend for for Fedora?

ramimalts · May 1, 2019, 7:05pm

Hi! Would you recommend some VPN clients for Fedora?
OpenVPN, SoftEther or StrongsWAN? Which one is better?

Frankly speaking I would like to have something easy in use as https://www.vpnunlimitedapp.com/en i have for my iphone

mattdm · May 1, 2019, 8:57pm

I personally use Private Internet Access — or “PIA”. To be honest, I haven’t really shopped around; the company sponsors a number of free software / open source projects and events, including Freenode and GNOME, so seemed the natural choice.

I didn’t bother with any fancy client software — I just followed the instructions to set up for Fedora and now it’s an option on the network menu. (There’s also a Firefox plugin which I tested and which also seems to work.)

john252 · May 1, 2019, 9:32pm

Personally, I use Mullvad. Very focused on privacy (you don’t even give them your email & they generate a random account number for you to use), and their client was really easy to install and use.

fasulia · May 1, 2019, 9:35pm

ProtonVPN is pretty nice, has a linux client that works well, and offers a decent basic free tier of their service.

egreshko · May 2, 2019, 12:06am

What question are you really asking? Do you want to know what protocol is “better” or what “service provider” is recommended?

You mention “KeepSolid VPN Unlimited”. In looking at their website they tell you “We use the OpenVPN protocol on Android and Windows platforms”.

Frankly, since they use OpenVPN they should be able and willing to provide their customers with *.ovpn configuration files that could easily be imported into NetworkManager. No need to use a “special” client.

The VPN service provider that I use does so. One click and I get connected.

fasulia · May 2, 2019, 2:32am

ProtonVPN also supports OpenVPN, but they recommend their own client which they developed due to privacy (eg. DNS) leaks when using OpenVPN.

simmon · May 2, 2019, 2:52am

I personally recommend openvpn. I think it can be applied to various platforms and has excellent stability.
@ramimalts Have a nice day…!!

benjamind · May 2, 2019, 7:26am

I rarely use a VPN, but when I do, I use networkmanager (OpenVPN) for the client and connect to protonvpn.

I’ve heard that cloudflare is developing a VPN though, so I’ve got my eye on how that develops.

blueshurricane4 · May 2, 2019, 6:21pm

I use OpenVPN. It hasn’t given me any trouble and it’s well maintained, so I stick with it.

eclipseo · May 2, 2019, 6:36pm

I use Mullvad with Wireguard.

heidistein · May 9, 2019, 6:00am

Weel, that depends so much on what you need, and what your networking experience and Linux experience is. And what the other side offers.

Usually i’d say, openvpn. Why? Because it’s somewhat easyer to setup and manage.
Strongswap / openswan are IPSec implementations. You choose one if you need ipsec, used both, essentially the same. They are faster thatn openvpn, but can be a hassle to correctly setup.

The wireguard implementation in Networkmanager is halve-arsed, and not good to go.
Than there is the ‘new kid on the block’… Wireguard. Blazing fast, terrible easy. Lives in the kernel as module. I use it now now a couple of weeks for a ‘pernament on’ vp on my laptop and phones, an works bountiful. Note that it is not finished yet, there are rough edges. I really recommend this one, with the side not that its new and shineh…

edit: If you use openvpn/strongswan/cisco/wahtever supperted by NetworkManager, use NetworkManager.

redchili · July 4, 2019, 3:43pm

I’d like to second wireguard which has been pretty hassle-free so far in combination with two providers, mullvad and azirevpn as well as standalone (point-to-point).

I usually use the wg-quick commandline scripts and stopped bothering about network-manager which I am not the biggest fan of.