I'm a student in China and I have recently installed Ubuntu on my PC, but I'm having trouble trying to find a VPN for Linux. The Tor browser is way too slow (doesn't load at all, only displays title) and HotSpotShield/AstrillVPN/AirVPN requires a premium account. I've made a ProtonVPN account and got a OpenVPN username and password, downloaded a few of Proton's openVPN configuration files, but OpenVPN doesn't want to connect as well. I've also tried NordVPN, but I can't access the nordVPN website or any other VPN website to download it.
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Install OpenVPN and then use the profile offered on here. There's no GUI for OpenVPN so you have to keep a terminal open with.
Extra: To make sure a particular app runs through the VPN interface and nowhere else, launch it as described in this answer.
Slight disclaimer: I haven't read their data protection policy and am not affiliated with OIA in any way. Assume your data is invisible to the PRC but fully transparent to the OIA crowd.
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There is a GUI for OpenVPN. You find it in network-manager-applet which is in your systray and have to import your configuration file VPN Connections -> Configure VPN -> + -> Import a saved VPN connection...
It's build in network-manager-openvpn-gnome. If you want to keep sure, that network-manager (nm) add routes with iptables.
If you are not a GNOME user, then you can try nmcli. It's a commando line tool.
nmcli connection import type openvpn file <file.ovpn>.
moep
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