https://mullvad.net/en/help/install-mullvad-app-linux
Trying to install VPN and these are the instructions Mullvad is giving me. This is ridiculous. There must be a more simple way. I know how to follow the instructions but I have no idea what I’m doing here. Can’t I just download a file and install it? I’m on Ubuntu.
No this is the best way.
Apps on Linux have different “layers”. If you want an app like MullvadVPN, fast updates, integrated to your system, controlling DNS, blocking early boot connections to be completely air-tight, you need to do this.
The easy way would be sudo dnf install mullvad-vpn on Fedora. But its not in their repositories, so all you do is add the repository and install it.
The same with Browsers, I recommend Brave and Librewolf, install them from their repositories and NOT from Flatpak.
All the other apps from Flatpak, use the Flathub repository.
Once set it up, then it works.
