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How to get free VPN in linux

 Today we will learn how to install a free vpn in our linux system. The vpn I'm talking here is proton free vpn. 


Although it's free you need to sign up with proton vpn to access the VPN. This tutorial is applicable only for debian based distributions, so proceed with caution if you have arch based os, windows or macos.

1) Go to https://protonvpn.com/free-vpn and then click on get proton free vpn and then click on continue with free.


2) Sign in or sign up if you don't have an account, after that sign in.


3) On the left menu click on downloads and download for GNU/Linux. If you want it for your operating system do that here. This is direct download link for linux https://protonvpn.com/download-linux.  After going to that link click on install proton vpn. here if you are confused https://protonvpn.com/support/linux-vpn-setup/


4) click on debian https://protonvpn.com/support/official-linux-vpn-debian/ and follow the onscreen commands from steps 1 to 3.


5) now that you have reached the installation page we need to get the repository first by typing the code into terminal app. 

wget https://repo.protonvpn.com/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-all/protonvpn-stable-release_1.0.3-2_all.deb


6) install the vpn app by follow commands line by line.

sudo dpkg -i ./protonvpn-stable-release_1.0.3-2_all.deb && sudo apt update 

sudo apt install proton-vpn-gnome-desktop
sudo apt install libayatana-appindicator3-1 gir1.2-ayatanaappindicator3-0.1 gnome-shell-extension-appindicator


7) once everything is installed you can now close the terminal app and then search for the proton vpn app in your applications menu. Open proton vpn app.


8) sign in to your proton vpn. connect to a free server and there you have it.


The versions and code might change in the future depending on the software version, that is why I've added links so that you will get the latest code and up to date information.




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