linux help with installation

[itzik_gerbi 0]

what the diffrent between eddie and openvpn 3 what to install ?

 

Edited ... by itzik_gerbi

[OpenSourcerer 1442]

Eddie is the original .NET-based AirVPN client available for all major platforms except iOS with a GUI.
The AirVPN Suite is a Linux-only client using AirVPN's flavor of OpenVPN3, the new major version of OpenVPN currently without a GUI, but with a different operational concept.

For most users it comes down to whether they want a GUI or not.

[Staff 10016]

@itzik_gerbi

For your comfort we paste here the answer you received from the support team. As AirVPN staff, we would also like to add that both Eddie and the Suite are free and open source software under GPLv3.
 

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Hello and thank you for your choice!

 

Eddie features a GUI and a full integration with both WireGuard and OpenVPN. It also features many comfortable options. The GUI is based on Mono so it can be heavy on some systems. You must install the Mono framework. Consider at least half a GB of RAM footprint for the whole program including Mono libraries. It does not feature a daemon-client model but anyway the GUI process runs with normal user privileges, while only the backend runs with root privileges (it is actually a root process).

AirVPN Suite is a lightweight suite which does not require Mono or any other framework with a true daemon-client secure architecture. It lacks a GUI, it must be controlled exclusively from a command line interface, it does not offer WireGuard (it will, in the future) and lacks many features that Eddie offers. However the new Suite 2.0.0 alpha 2 version offers per app traffic splitting, which is (at the moment) missing in Eddie, and complete WireGuard support and integration with AirVPN.

If you have a machine without a Desktop Environment, or if you have a machine with limited RAM and CPU power, you should consider the Suite or the WireGuard line interface utility. In every other case, and provided that you can install Mono package, probably Eddie will suit your needs more comfortably.

 

To help your choice, AirVPN Suite user's manual is available here:
https://airvpn.org/suite/readme/
 

Eddie manual can be displayed with the command "man eddie-ui" in most Linux distributions. Eddie's FAQ answers are available here:
https://eddie.website

Kind regards

AirVPN Support Team