How to install Hotspot Shield Vpn in Manjaro?

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Hello ! :slightly_smiling_face:

I want to install Hotspot Shield (HS) in my Manjaro PC.

HS has deb and rpm packages, but that is not good for Manjaro.

Is there a way to install HS in Manjaro also ?

[philip@Acer ~]$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version:	n/a
Distributor ID:	ManjaroLinux
Description:	Manjaro Linux
Release:	20.2
Codename:	Nibia
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Hotspot shield is not in the AUR and I cant find the source code which leaves you the dirty way…debtap
Do so at your own risk!!

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I took a look at this VPN provider. I found the same as @chomsky.

In my humble opinion… any VPN provider that requires you to use its own software, doesn’t make the source available and doesn’t provide simple openvpn or wireguard scripts isn’t a very good one.

So of course my suggestion would be to swap providers. Not an elegant solution though.

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Yeah I now all that to, but HS is a very fast VPN provider and has been around along time, so I trust them just as much the others out there.

I use mullvad now with wireguard and I think it’s very slow, so i would like some fast vpn provider for my manjaro pc and the same for my android phone.

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Comparing one closed source providers speed to one single other provider (using a different framework) does not equate to “if I want speed I need to use this particular proprietary service and its software”.

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Meaning ?

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I also use Mullvad and I hardly notice any speed difference, maybe -5%

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Meaning that your previous comment was intended as a justification for the use of HS, while it substantively fails to actually do that.

“My bike is broken, which is why I know that skateboards are the universally quickest mode of travel.”

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Oh ok, have not think about it that way. Very deep and philosophically.

So, which vpn service should you use that is good in speed and has a good client for manjaro?

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Maybe it is the client that slows down the service ?

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We dont really do product recommendations here.
And VPNs, like many things, have a number of factors to weigh.
From price, to security, to location, etc.
One of my favorite ways to start making a comparison though would probably be this:

(edit - oh wow … looks like they partnered up and this is a new location … charts still seem good)

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Thanks for that website, very much information about vpn’s there.

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They might as well change the name to Honeypot VPN

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Why is that ? :slight_smile:

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Well according to that VPN comparison link they look pretty shady if you ask me plus the fact that they dont disclose the source code. I would steer clear of them.

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