MX Linux and VPNs using Wireguard

Tecolote · 10-10-2022, 01:24 PM

I have a Dell Optiplex 7010 Mini-Tower, Quad Core i7 3770 (3.4GHz), 16GB DDR3 SDRAM, 1TB Hard Drive; Windows 7 Pro 64-bit on the internal HDD and MX Linux 17.1 64-bit on the secondary (mobile-rack) SSD. I'm looking into getting a VPN set-up exclusively on the Linux dedicated SSD. I have whittled down the possibilities to three VPNs, which use either OpenVPN or Wireguard. So my questions are:

1. Does MX Linux 17.1 have support for Wireguard, either via Network Manager or other means?

I have always turned off the PC when not in use. This means I go in through Windows 'Turn Off Computer', and once that is done, I flip the power switch between the computer and outlet, and cut the power.

2. Will this force me to reconfigure the VPN setup each time, or can it be made 'persistent' to come back on at boot?

rokytnji · 10-10-2022, 01:49 PM

https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-17-18-support-has-ended/

We are on version 21. Version 22 is in beta. 17 is not supported anymore. Usually. A MX user will generate a system report that shows repos being used and machine specs. It is in the menu . It is called quick system info .

So I can't say what is supported in MX 17. Since it is discontinued. I know because I ran MX 17 till it's last days when repos shut down and I errored on apt-update.

Here is my box and repos

Code:

harry@mx:~
$ inxi -Fxz -r
System:
  Kernel: 5.10.0-18-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1
    Desktop: Fluxbox v: 1.3.7
    Distro: MX-21.2.1_fluxbox_x64 Wildflower Oct 20  2021
    base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 755 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0GM819 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell v: A11
    date: 08/04/2008
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core2 Duo E6550 bits: 64 type: MCP
    arch: Core Merom rev: B cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2142 high: 2290 min/max: 2000/2333 cores: 1: 2290
    2: 1995 bogomips: 9310
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GF108 [GeForce GT 430] vendor: eVga.com. driver: nvidia
    v: 390.154 arch: Fermi bus-ID: 01:00.0
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa gpu: nvidia
    resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GT 430/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.154
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Dell Optiplex 755
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
  Device-2: NVIDIA GF108 High Definition Audio
    vendor: eVga.com. GeForce GT 430 driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 01:00.1
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-18-amd64 running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network vendor: Dell OptiPlex 755
    driver: e1000e v: kernel port: ecc0 bus-ID: 00:19.0
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 4.55 TiB used: 191.13 GiB (4.1%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD2003FYPS-27W9B0
    size: 1.82 TiB
  ID-2: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ABA300 size: 2.73 TiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 84.36 GiB used: 32.41 GiB (38.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 54 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 65%
Repos:
  Packages: 2035
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 199 Uptime: 1d 16h 10m Memory: 3.71 GiB used: 1.59 GiB (42.8%)
  Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4
  inxi: 3.3.16

You can do the same to show yours.