Is there any temporary just works vpn solution for garuda?

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Hello Garuda users.

I know that using free VPN is not good, but actually I need it for only temporary purpose so it should be like just one button click on and off.

Actually when I tried to install plugin from obsidian, I happened to know that in india my ISP provider (Jio) is blocking most of github static file content so plugins are not loaded properly.

Threads here:

I am not aware of any other way how could I install these plugins other than vpn itself, I just need it for maybe 10 minutes at maximum, but I don't want to configure anything at all if there is one click vpn out there I can just on and off and then uninstall it then please suggest me.

Also tell me if it is good to run that vpn for temporary purpose or would that be harm? other's are suggesting to change DNS on obsidian thread but I am not sure how to do that.

Thanks

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Try Opera's build in "VPN", check if it fit your needs.

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If you want a more complete, but free and privacy-oriented solution you could consider Proton vpn.
For sure it’s not one-click, but should not be complicated. See e.g.

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you can use warp. It's a free vpn hosted by cloudflare and the easiest to setup. You can check out this link for help.

https://pranavk-official.gitlab.io/posts/post-2/

I use these aliases to check my warp's status, turn it on and off respectively. You can edit it the systemctl commands are there only because I don't like the idea of enabling it's service 24/7

alias warp-status="curl -s https://www.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/trace/ | grep warp; warp-cli status; systemctl s
tatus warp-svc"
alias warp-on="sudo systemctl start warp-svc; sleep 0.5; warp-cli connect"
alias warp-off="warp-cli disconnect; sudo systemctl stop warp-svc"

In fact you don't even need these commands I warp has recently developed a toggle button to turn warp on and off you can use that as well. You just need to enable

systemctl --user enable --now warp-taskbar

to use it.

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Warp is great, but, if I remember correctly (haven't checked, I used it for a period long ago) is more a kind of proxy and let you leverage the cloudflare network, but the exit ip address should be from your same country, so you might still have limitations...
As said, to be confirmed.

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yeah it is but so far I haven't faced any issues accessing *restricted* content over it. even on my college's *restricted* wifi. :eyes: If you know what I mean. :grin:

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ProtonVPN ftw

fastest, largest and most secure no-log VPN service on the planet with exit nodes on all continents and you can use it for free on 2 devices.
Proton maintains their own Linux app for it.

i highly recommend it.

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I use NordVPN in Linux & Windows. But you have to install an AUR pkg & click a couple buttons.

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You don't enable the Chaotic repo on your Arch boxes?! :hushed: I'm shocked and offended! :triumph:

pacman -Ss nordvpn-bin
chaotic-aur/nordvpn-bin 3.16.2-1 [installed]
    NordVPN CLI tool for Linux
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I sure could and surely should. Old PKGBUILD habits are hard to break. Thanks for the reminder.
:smiley:

EDIT: There are also a couple cool NordVPN widgets available via Settings, as well.

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Agreed. ProtonVPN is great AND it's in the Garuda software repostory so you can search for it and install it using Octopi. Both the GUI and the CLI packages are there. I just use the GUI only.

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