Does anyone know how to run qbittorrent and protonvpn in a VM? When I try to run the qbittorrent setup app I get this message (image below) and I don’t see anything mentioning a VM in the qbittorrent [dot] org forum.

I am new to torrenting, so I don’t really know what to do. I figured/assumed that torrenting/seeding in a VM might be safer as it is another layer deep, and that it may help keep traffic separate (inside the VM: I’d be using a vpn and torrenting, and outside the VM: I’d not be using a vpn and just regular internet surfing). Is this possible?

Thank you.

      • banditbananas@retrolemmy.com
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        2 days ago

        Preferences -> Advanced -> Network Interface

        Then select the VPN connection. That’s what I do for qbittorrent. Not sure about other programs.

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          1 day ago

          My VPN connection appears to change whenever I connect, because it’s connecting to the quickest server, so I am not able to use the same settings in qbittorrent. How do you manage server shifts like that?

          • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
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            21 hours ago

            The interface name changes each time? Mine looks like “TUN0” regardless of what VPN server i connect.to. you could try using a wireguard configuration set to a specific server if yours is changing each time.