Post #2096559

2026-05-06 17:21 UTC

mullvad vpn refuses to run on non-systemd init systems, had to do heavy tweaking to get it to run but ultimately ended up using the “manual” wireshark method. I don’t have anything against mullvad, I’m a huge fan if their service but that’s one example

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@strawberry_enjoyer42@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-05-06 17:23

Dang! I just got Mullvad, and I’ve been considering migrating to Artix, so that’s good to know.

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@CorrenteAlternata@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-05-06 19:09

It’s not the software provider to support every platform. Mullvad officially only supports Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora. Their obligation ends there. By using any other distro, even a systemd one, you’re taking responsibility to make it work in your system. That’s the freedom that linux offers you! The ability to do whatever weird shit you want, at your risk and without any warranty explicit or implied.

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@juipeltje@lemmy.world 2026-05-06 21:24

Ah, did not know that actually. I think i used the official mullvad cli on NixOS once since they had it packaged anyway, but on other distros i always used wireguard to connect, so that explains why i haven’t encountered that.

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