Need help installing PIA VPN...

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david888
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Hello. Me again. As if you couldn't tell, I'm brand new to Trisquel. I apologize for so many questions.

So I have PIA VPN and I'm trying to install it on a T400 w/Trisquel and Libreboot.

First I followed these instructions.
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/installer/download_installer_linux

Everything seemed OK, but when I click on the icon for PIA, nothing happens.

So I tried these instructions.
https://helpdesk.privateinternetaccess.com/hc/en-us/articles/219438247-Installing-OpenVPN-PIA-on-Linux

I was able to get a connection to PIA, but the icon still does nothing.

How do I get the icon to work and access the settings?

Help!

Mangy Dog

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David888 no need to apologize ;-) you're welcomed to ask !

You're running Trisquel 7 Gnome Flashback ? (i'm not familiar with Gnome) but the sugestions here might help
https://askubuntu.com/questions/515658/in-14-04-gnome-classic-how-to-add-icons-to-panel

ALT-right click on the top panel (taskbar), you can drag and drop the desired apps from Application to the top panel

Make sure to disable WebRTC in Abrowser as sugested here in 'about:config Tweaks'
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/tweak-your-browser-enhance-security-and-privacy
or install Privacy Settings addon this will do it for you & more ,
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-settings/?src=search

You can check your VPN IP and if your browser leaks DNS with
https://www.dnsleaktest.com/
IP, Headers..
https://wtfismyip.com/

or in a terminal
route

david888
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Joined: 10/10/2017

So, I was able to get it to work. I installed it and created the connection in the network manager. Thanks for your guys help!

And thanks Mangy Dog for the tweaks! I did those.