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.

  • @AdanisiEnglish
    67•5 months ago

    Download the .deb and double click it. https://mullvad.net/en/download/app/deb/latest

    People seem to be making this a more difficult job than it needs to be. Yeah I get we’re powerusers but can’t we drop that for 2 minutes while giving advice so a new user can actually get a job done quickly? Windows EXEs don’t automatically update either. Sure it might not be the best way to do it but it’s fast and not confusing. (EDIT: Apparently this specific program actually has it’s own auto updater)

    Things take time to learn. Throwing all of the existing knowledge of repo management at a new user at once does not work.

    • @[email protected]
      7•5 months ago

      It’s funny how quickly Lemmy turns on a dime between “Linux is easier than Windows” in threads about adopting Linux to “spend some time learning the terminal” when presented with a question that should be a single click (installing an app).

      Before the hate train starts, I’ve been using Linux off and on for 30 years now. And I still struggle with making distros do things that shouldn’t be that hard because they aren’t hard in Windows.

      • @AdanisiEnglish
        6•5 months ago

        In this case, to do the exact same as Windows, it literally is just a click.

        To auto-update from a repository, it’s a similar deal in Windows.

        In this case, they’re the same. Repos are preferred in GNU/Linux and installers in Windows, but both can do both.