Add OpenVPN support

[Darin]

This is a request to add OpenVPN support.

Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, and Ubuntu Budgie install these by default:
http://www.cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/daily-live/current/noble-desktop-amd64.manifest

According to the above manifests, and installing it via the Xubuntu noble daily ISO it seems to install the following packages:

libpkcs11-helper1:amd64
network-manager-openvpn
network-manager-openvpn-gnome
openvpn

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Currently the only VPN protocol in Xubuntu is PPTP, but PPTP is now considered obsolete and many VPN services (as well as Apple Mac and iOS) have dropped/removed support for PPTP due to security issues. So OpenVPN has become the more widely used standard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-Point_Tunneling_Protocol#Security

I don't know how package deprecation works or if it can be done, but just wanted to bring the security issue up in case something needs to be done in that regard.

Thanks!

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Edit: There is a discussion on removing PPTP from Ubuntu:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-pptp/+bug/2041751

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package xubuntu-meta - 2.265

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xubuntu-meta (2.265) plucky; urgency=medium

  * Refreshed dependencies
  * Added heif-gdk-pixbuf to desktop-recommends (LP: #2084324)
  * Added network-manager-openvpn-gnome to desktop-recommends (LP: #2057923)
  * Added webp-pixbuf-loader to desktop-recommends (LP: #2084324)
  * Removed xcape from desktop-minimal-recommends, desktop-recommends (LP: #2084326)
  * d/control:
    - Bump Standards-Version to 4.6.2
    - Remove redundant Priority from xubuntu-core package

 -- Sean Davis <email address hidden> Mon, 25 Nov 2024 21:03:18 -0500