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Hey! Ive just got Fedora 39 on my PC. I'm new into Linux, but I liked the way Fedora looks and so on. But as a former windows user, I was glad to use Proton VPN. On windows it just worked well, and my local Broadcaster homepage didn't notice that I was using, Secure Core, via example Switzerland though a server in my country. But now, when I use Proton VPN in fedora, the broadcaster notice that my internet goes via another country, and dosnt let me whatch. I juse the App I found on Flatpak. Is there something I should investigate more , of some easy tweaks to make it work well again?

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Don't use Flatpak etc for VPNs, it's limited, insecure and pointless.

It's highly likely that the Flatpak version is not routing your DNS queries, thus leaking your location. I wouldn't be surprised if other traffic is being leaked as well.

Since you're on normal Fedora, just use the normal app (.rpm): https://protonvpn.com/support/official-linux-vpn-fedora/. Don't use the CLI version though, as it's still on the old version (v3).

Man i wish I knew about this earlier... Thanks for the tip 🙌

Oh. So what wikk be OK to use the flatpack store for?

Thank you for help.

You can use it for normal applications that aren't sort of "system components" like a VPN. So if you want to install some office/productivity software, or a web browser, or a music/video player, then a Flatpak would be a reasonable choice. For most of those cases you would probably still choose the RPM if it is available, but Flatpak is also fine if not.