Download a wireguard client file and run it as a systemd service. It'll come up on boot and you won't ever have to think about it. The only reason to bother with the GUI is if you want to have graphical control of what server you connect to. Their wireguard config generator on their website gives you the ability to set a geographic area for your wireguard client file, so it's not like you have to select only one server if you go that route either.
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I'd recommend plain Wireguard as well. Pretty much every distro has Wireguard in their official repositories so you can be sure it works well with however networking is set up with that distro.
Alright I'll probably go this route, is there a recommended wireguard client for fedora you're aware of by chance? Dnf search shows a wireguard-tools.x86_64 unless another I can get an .rpm for elsewhere is better.
Sorry, I've not used a redhat based distro in at least 20 years, so you're going to have to get that info from someone else. I'd assume that's the one though, and I doubt you need to go looking for something better. It is what it is.
Well thanks for the info! I'll prob try this route.
I just added the config in GNOME's settings on my PC and in the Wireguard app on my phone
The raw ovpn and wg config files do integrate well into most(?) network manager GUIs now. But for me auto-connect only worked well there with ovpn and not wg for some reason. It's quicker to switch than with systemd imo.
I just use the Eddie GUI. It works well for me and is simple to use. If I wanted anything more complicated I would just download ovpn profiles and use raw OpenVPN.
None. Just downlaof the openvpn config files and use openpvn that comes with your OS repo