And This is Why Linux Will Never Win the Desktop ... 

I have a degree in Computer Engineering.

I work with computers all day for a living.

I am pretty well versed in Linux, networking, etc.

I just spent hours googling and trying different things before finally finding these steps, and now I have a working VPN on an Ubuntu desktop. I’m pretty sure your average user couldn’t follow those steps.

(Now, of course, the argument would be that if more folks used Linux, then software vendors would produce better software for it. That’s a chicken-or-the-egg problem that is going to continue to leave Linux a distant third in desktop use.)

Anyway, it works now. All so I can use a VPN inside a virtual machine without disrupting my normal network use.