Swarfendor437 wrote:Had a quick peak at latest Computer Active - basically install Tor Browser - that is the best method to browse safely - none of the free VPN's are really safe according to the illuminating article in Computer Active.
robbi466 wrote:Is the installation of openVPN recommended for me as beginner?
Swarfendors points are valid.
Whether VPN actually creates "safe browsing" really depends on your definition of "safe." If you are concerned with personal data being monitored for marketing purposes, then using a secure VPN is very helpful.
If you are looking to have secure browsing to protect all aspects of your identity, (such as from Identity Theft), not be tracked in any way etc., then your standard VPN is not very effective. Your ISP can still track and monitor you, in spite of you using something like Open VPN. For the average user, a standard VPN fulfills their needs.
But if you want what you might call "True anonymity and security" then a series of other measures must be taken. What those measures are can get too extensive to make a quick thread about on an Internet Forum. You would spend many months learning background information and how it all works and ties together in order to really secure your machine from ALL possible monitoring.
And for the average user, all of that is not necessary.
So, are VPN's very secure? Not really but generally, secure enough in that "every little bit helps" kind of way. The baddies that could monitor your information would have to work harder to get at it and why bother when easier targets are plentiful.
For Browsing, you can use Tor Browser as Swarfendor suggested. You also could use Waterfox if you are not looking for Major Security from government or ISP's.
Using DuckDuckGo instead of Google is very helpful.
As a beginner, we really need to focus on becoming adept at using the machine and Linux O.S. before worrying about security. Linux as a whole is slightly more secure than Windows by its nature, so this allows breathing room to the person joining the Linux Crowd to get their feet under them and learn all the ins and outs of the operating system without fretting about Hackers and Viruses as you would with Windows.
Until you are adept with using a Linux Distribution, attempting to secure your machine can backfire just as it can if you were trying to set up certain security features on Windows without understanding how to control the Registry.
robbi466 wrote:As a software under zorin ultimate e.g. also install wireGuard, but how do I manage to successfully install and run the software?
This walkthrough may help you:
https://www.linode.com/docs/networking/ ... on-ubuntu/
It is interesting you experienced this as this is one of the things that helps makes Linux Secure- Installations are locked as you run them to be only one at a time and authorized by the Owner.
If you open a Package Manager like the "Software Manager" that comes with the O.S. or Synaptic Package manager for installation and Leave It Open, it holds the lock on dpkg. If you then try to install from terminal with the package manager still open, it cannot access dpkg to lock it because it is already locked. You must close any package managers in order to install from terminal. If running a package manager, you must run them one at a time.
When installing new software, you must use SuperUserDO or sudo command, followed with your password.
Learning it is much like learning to ride a bicycle. It looks scary at first but you learn it very quickly and easily.
