The same 3 VPNs get recommended each time this question is asked:
+1 for Mullvad
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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.
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.
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.
What is the advantage of port-forwarding? I use Mullvad and don't know if I'm missing some critical feature
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mullvad!
What about the removal of port forwarding?
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.
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.
+1 to Mullvad. I only switched to NordVPN because I wanted to use an IP address from a country they have servers on.
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!
i've been using mullvad for almost a year with zero issues. fast, cheap and reliable.
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 -
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.
Airvpn with wireguard client prolly. I would just get a seedbox tbh roughly the same price but with more features
I enjoy ProtonVPN and other services that come with the premium subscription. Proton Pass with email aliases is a very good addition.
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".
ivpn cuz you can pay with Monero
Proton vpn is great, has a free tier as well. (Proton is a privacy-focused company so you can probably trust them)
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