I’d prefer to get a VPN to avoid the risk of my internet getting shut down, but I’m not aware of what the options for Linux are. I figured this would be a good place to ask.

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    7 months ago

    Proton and mullvad are the two best options I know of.

    Pretty much any VPN provider is usable on Linux though, network manager can handle wireguard or openvpn configs just fine. Your biggest concern should be trustworthiness.

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      7 months ago

      They are great for privacy, but for piracy, you need something that will do port forwarding. Neither proton or mullvad will do that. I have had both of those vpns.

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        7 months ago

        Proton supports port forwarding, although setup on Linux is weird.

        You also don’t need port forwarding for bittorrent. It is helpful, but I haven’t used it myself for years.