You need a Diploma to use Linux etc ...
so command line and Complicate
Linux mint Look Cartoon display and have command no useful for Commun users, its build for Programmer.....

Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:
>F Murtz wrote:
>> On 1/5/20 11:27 am, F Murtz wrote:
>>> On 1/5/20 3:48 am, Mike Easter wrote:
>>>> F Murtz wrote:
>>>>> I installed openvpn as I have an account with them but I can not
>>>>> find how to start it or even find it.
>>>>
>>>> There's some confusion here.
>>>>
>>>> My experience is w/ protonvpn which handles things somewhat
>>>> differently than pure, but both use openvpn protocol/ tools/
>>>> processes. The difference is that pure and proton are different vpn
>>>> providers.
>>>>
>>>> I looked at the pure site and they have a package, whereas proton
>>>> handles things w/ a .py python script and a ovpn file per server.
>>>> Pure also has instructions which don't involve the .deb file, but
>>>> manual configuration for pure.
>>>>
>>>> In the case of proton, the registrant is advised to prepare the linux
>>>> distro with some openvpn files & resolvconf and the necessary .py
>>>> prerequisites for the proton .py script.
>>>>
>>>> In the case of pure, you can dl the .deb for pure, or alternatively
>>>> you can do it manually. Pure has a page for describing that manual
>>>> process which is educational -- it has 3 different methods of which
>>>> the 3rd is openvpn and the other 2 are PPTP and SSTP.
>>>>
>>>> https://support.purevpn.com/setup-guide-for-mint (open vpn is
>>>> halfway down the page - the process doesn't involve pure's .deb package)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In the case of proton, the .py script takes out/ accomplishes/ some
>>>> of the manual configuration steps.
>>>
>>> is proton the open vpn? open was installed with mint, is it any good
>>>>
>>>> The guides (both proton and pure) are useful because if things aren't
>>>> working or are confusing you are able to see what things are supposed
>>>> to look like when the vpn has been configured and established. Even
>>>> w/ the pure .deb, things aren't in a 'black box' but they are mostly
>>>> handled by the network manager integration.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I was a bit muddled when I said I installed open, it was already
>>> there, I installed pure as I have an account which is still good till
>>> 2002,I will try the pure support page.
>>
>>
>> It hangs up on 4 sudo restart network-manager,says restart command not
>> found
>
>Well of course. They're probably intending a
>form like this. The command keyword is missing.
>The "service" command looks fairly close, except
>the parameter order is different looking here.
>
>sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service
>
>sudo service network-manager restart
>
>(Ideas from this hit in a search)
>
>https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-restart-network-on-ubuntu-18-04-bionic-beaver-linux
>
> Paul

On 4/10/24 04:42, floffy wrote:
> You need a Diploma to use Linux etc ...
> so command line and Complicate
> Linux mint Look Cartoon display and have command no useful for Commun users, its build for Programmer.....

In some cases yes, in everyday stuff not so much.
If you have a problem , just describe it and you might get help to solve it.
I noticed a positive change in attitude from the linux community in this
regard.

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The moment any organization established from pure noble intentions get
some influence, it will be corrupted from both inside and outside.
Then we have organizations established from pure evil.

Edmund