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Lolwhat? It is the same in any distro: adding the repo and installing the app.
It's not like that on NixOS
There's no adding repos, you just put
mullvad-vpnin your system packages listYeah, the only odd thing is installing the signing key, but it’s there for a good reason.
That said, it’s not a great user experience, especially if you start stacking a lot of ppa’s.