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VPN for Linux

Windscribe is the only free VPN + Firewall that you can use on Linux

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Note: Windscribe for Linux is still in beta. If you encounter bugs please send us a debug log
and open a support ticket.

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Ubuntu 19.04 Debian 10 Fedora 22+ CentOS 6+

1. Get a Windscribe Account

Create a free account if you don't have one already.

2. Install dirmngr and apt-transport-https if not already installed

apt-get install dirmngr apt-transport-https

3. Add the Windscribe signing key to apt as root

apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key FDC247B7

4. Add the repository to your sources.list

sh -c "echo 'deb https://repo.windscribe.com/debian buster main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

5. Run apt-get update

apt-get update

6. Install windscribe-cli

apt-get install windscribe-cli

7. Switch to non-root user

Need help?
exit

8. Login to Windscribe

windscribe login

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9. Connect to Windscribe

windscribe connect

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windscribe --help

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so your private data stays with you.

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