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I am considering Mullvad VPN, partly because they make the right noises on their website and partly because there is a install option in the popular applications list in MX Package Installer. If I later change my mind, is it a simple matter to restore my connection to a non-VPN setup? I like to consider if a system change is reversible given my limited knowledge of Linux networking. Could someone outline the steps?

Different question, but is PIA a better option (also in the MX PI). It seems that their non-logging policy has some credibility.

Cheers

alexjack wrote: Sat Nov 23, 2019 4:30 pm I am considering Mullvad VPN, partly because they make the right noises on their website and partly because there is a install option in the popular applications list in MX Package Installer.

oopps, just checked, they seem to have adjusted/changed the download url, so the installer with Popular apps need to be adjusted ... asap..

PIA just got bought out by a larger company with sketchy privacy track record--the reddits are blowing up about it.

https://old.reddit.com/r/PrivateInterne ... sing_your/

So yes, MX+Mullvad is a topic of particular interest just now.

kernelkurtz wrote: Sat Nov 23, 2019 7:10 pm PIA just got bought out by a larger company with sketchy privacy track record--the reddits are blowing up about it.

https://old.reddit.com/r/PrivateInterne ... sing_your/

So yes, MX+Mullvad is a topic of particular interest just now.

Interesting. Thanks for that.

fehlix wrote: Sat Nov 23, 2019 6:43 pm

alexjack wrote: Sat Nov 23, 2019 4:30 pm I am considering Mullvad VPN, partly because they make the right noises on their website and partly because there is a install option in the popular applications list in MX Package Installer.

oopps, just checked, they seem to have adjusted/changed the download url, so the installer with Popular apps need to be adjusted ... asap..

OK, thanks for checking! Is there a way that I can see all of the changes to my system if I install from MI PI? Does it run a script that I can review?

The Mullvad VPN install routine has been repaired in the "popular applications" section of the Package Manager. I have installed it in MX 19, and it works great now.

alexjack wrote: Sun Nov 24, 2019 4:08 am Is there a way that I can see all of the changes to my system if I install from MI PI? Does it run a script that I can review?

You can review the installer and init scripts withinthe mullvad-downloader-installer and mullvad-sysvinit-compat packages,
which we needed to make Mullvad installable in sysvinit. We haven't change anything from the mullvad package itself, which installs into /opt/MullvadVPN

I've just installed yesterday the Mullvad VPN app from the MX packages, and it works very well. My system has 3 Mullvad related packages installed : mullvad-vpn, mullvadvpn-downloader-installer, mullvadvpn-sysvinit-compat