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[–]ThatOnePrivacyGuySpecs/Imgur here 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Mod of /r/vpn here. Affiliate partners of VPN companies troll around just waiting for this question to be asked.

Be skeptical of "recommendations" you receive here. You can do research for a suitable service based on your needs and threat model using our sub's Comparison Chart

[–]Starz0rsteamcommunity.com/id/starz0r/ 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Sorta of offtopic question.

What do you think about services like Mudfish, WTFast, and Pingzapper. They are all labelled as VPN services, but pointed more towards gaming.

[–]ThatOnePrivacyGuySpecs/Imgur here 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really depends on your needs and threat model.

[–]mallemuhGTX 970 | i5-4590 @ 3.30 GHz | 24 GB RAM 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would recommend you checkout IPredator. They support OpenVpn and have guids for every OS on how to connect(Although last time I checkd the linux guides were a bit outdated). If you really want to hide your identity you can pay in bitcoin and they offer 3 day trail. Connectivity wise it seems also to be okay. I've been using the service for a couple of months and I think it was only down once. Although I don't use the vPN everyday so I can't say for sure. Only downside is that if you want to watch netflix, they recognize if you are connected through IPredator and then won't let you watch.

[–]yeleh_te 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I've used FrootVPN(was free) and PIA(paid for a year), both were acceptable for what I paid.

If you want recommendations, I would look into this site, which gives a very broad overview of many VPN providers https://thatoneprivacysite.net/vpn-comparison-chart/ .

I tried gaming with a vpn multiple times, on the same continent, pings were about 10-30ms higher, for slow paced games that is probably still ok.

VPN providers normally provide multiple ways for connecting to their vpn, all I looked at had the option to connect with the OpenVPN client, which is also available on linux. A good VPN itself is not Client Operating System dependent.

May I ask, why do you want to play on a VPN?


I'm currently looking into iVPN, with multihop, they also have good guides in my opnion https://www.ivpn.net/knowledgebase

[–]RatherNottFX-8320 @ 4.5Ghz / RX 480 / Solus OS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)


I'd rather not have to turn it on and off whenever I game, so I figured if I could find one that doesn't increase my ping much, I can just leave the VPN on permanently. :)

[–]Eduguy1G3258 @4.2GHZ, Asus 760, 8GB DDR3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PIA if I need the faster speeds at that time and Betternet when I'm just browsing web

[–]topias123Ryzen 7 1700 (3.9GHz) + Sapphire RX Vega 56 | /id/solakkasilakka 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Privateinternetaccess has been really good.

[–]kedde88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

using this one two on my linux server also good to play with. you can have up to 5 devise online 24/7 with no download limits


Private Internet Access, I've always been able to get it rather cheap yearly, no more than £30 and I don't think I've had any DMCA's yet, although I don't check as the internet is in parents name. I don't torrent much although I do get the occasional game or movie that is it.

[–]BlueShellOPi7 980X | GTX 1070 | Solus Linux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PIA here, too. Works great, and even have it working with OpenVPN on my Linux machines.

That reminds me, I need to write a SystemD service to connect it by default on my server.

[–]TrymWSi7-5820k | 2x GTX1080Ti | 16GB RAM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use Astrill. It's a good VPN in my opinion, I seem to get pretty much full speeds, and it's really easy to set up. It's also possible to get a protocol that's supposed to mask the fact that you're on a VPN too, developed mainly to help chineese customer I guess. You get that free with a 1 year subscription.

I guess I can recommend it, as I haven't had any issues with it. It's also the only VPN I've used, after it was recommended from a tech youtuber and their answers on torrentfreaks yearly review seemed alright.

I haven't tried gaming on it, I think. Maybe once. But I get pretty much the same ping when I VPN through my own country, so it's just about where you connect too.

It supports Windows, Linux, Mac OS, iPhone and Android phones.

[–]madmanpabloNA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Avast Secureline is the VPN that I would buy. I tried it close to the time of release and I loved every second of it. I don't understand how my ping was lowered in games such as League, but I digress.

[–]LowKeyInsaneSpecs/Imgur here -1 points0 points  (1 child)


[–]kedde88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nice try but it's not an vpn. just a botnet

[–]SharqPhinFtwI7-6700-|-Gtx 1070 FE-|-Z170a-1/3.1 -|-8gb ripjaws ddr4 ram -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Tunnel bear is a safe and easy to use VPN You can even get one month free! -Linus