So I just changed companies and they use this VPN client.
Issues:
It starts up multiple times (I currently have 3(!) instances in my task bar)
- This was due to saving sessions in KDE; adding the process to a blacklist fixed this. Still, the GUI should be programmed to detect other instances and only start once.
- There's no way to close the GUI or shutdown the VPN service (without using the command line to kill -9 the task) - and no, I don't use the VPN all the time (such as when I'm on the company LAN) , so it's just intrusive for when I don't.
- The GUI often hangs/becomes unresponsive
- The GUI starts open when logging in to my desktop environment
- Fonts are not scaled appropriately to fit the window size/screen resolution
- Window can't be resized to view all the information
I'm hoping that some/all of these are just issues with my environment as I can't believe a commercially released product would exhibit such behaviour or be released at this quality level; it doesn't instill a great deal of confidence in the actual VPN product underlying it.
My environment:
- Ubuntu 20.04LTS (using KDE desktop)
- GlobalProtect 6.0.0-44
- Linux kernel 5.14.0-1058
- ThinkPad T14 (official Linux support)
Appreciate any hints as to how to fix/mitigate these issues.
Wbr,
- Micha.
(Edit 1: cross-out multiple start issue; formatting)
