That's awesome! And yeah, Linux Mint was a great choice. I assume you will be asked to do maintenance on these computers, and there should generally be less maintenance involved with Mint than other distros. And since it's a programming school, linux would be way better than windows. 👍
that's a good point. I've only used caddy for handling certs for all the docker containers on my server. for local uses, you generally don't need certs, although there are some apps that communicate with an offsite db that requires a secure connection.
I keep hearing about WireGuard being better, but also harder to set up and configure, so I went with Openvpn. I'll look into WireGuard, and see if I'm brave enough to set that up. For the hosting company, they didn't point out anything against p2p traffic in their TOS. 🤷♂️
Since I already have a vps to run websites and other stuff, I just wanted to spin up my own instance of Openvpn on the same vps in a docker container, so it wasn't any additional cost. If Openvpn doesn't work well for me, I may just go with a basic VPN like you said. I don't torrent enough to need a seedbox. I'm just a filthy casual when it comes to torrenting. 😛
Thanks for the info, very useful. I'm generally trying to hide my traffic from my ISP, when I'm torrenting some movies. I'm not doing a ton of p2p stuff. Not enough to need a seedbox. I'll share/seed some stuff from my local hard drive. Nothing sits in my vps.
I understand that although the IP addresses I connect to can be hidden from my ISP by my own instance of openvpn, it doesn't hide that my vps is connecting to those IP addresses. I think I'm okay with that. I'm not connecting to super sketchy sites. Generally, I'm trying to avoid getting some copyright warning letter from my ISP. Although that's never been an issue, I just thought I'd be safe.
My vps has a domain name, but it does have privacy protection where my name won't show up on a whois lookup. Not sure how much that helps, but I thought it was good to have.
In terms of a good p2p vpn services, it seems like a lot of the usual ones being advertised on podcasts and youtube are bad about privacy, and it seems like Proton may be the only one that I know of that seems good. Any recommendations for good vpns are welcome. I may just go that route if Openvpn isn't good enough.
I do like Mint, but now I'm thinking Bazzite might be better for a beginner or average user because all those configurations and default apps/packages meant to make gaming easier also trickles down to having things "just work" for a casual average PC user. 🤔
Open source and proprietary software development have very different goals. Open source is generally about making software that's useful. Proprietary software's goal is to make money by any means necessary. Viewing it from that angle, open source devs and the community are more motivated to keep an eye out for backdoors. While proprietary software, they won't give a fuck until something affects their bottom line. Just because of that, I feel safer using open source software in general.
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