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this post was submitted on 01 Jan 2024
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Hmm... ProtonVPN team solved this in better way. They put the repo configuration stuff into DEB file, so it's just a matter of double clicking it and clicking install on Debian-based and Ubuntu-based (I know Ubuntu is Debian-based) distros and then installing the ProtonVPN client through either GUI or CLI package manager, whichever you wish to use. More newbie-friendly.
Unfortunately, I also just learned they dropped support for Arch Linux :(
I was wondering how they'd solve signature checking and key installation - and looking at their page they seem to recommend skipping checking package signatures which, to be honest, isn't a super good practice - especially if you're installing privacy software.
I get it's more userfriendly - and they provide checksums, so not a huge deal, especially since these are not official Debian packages, but the package signing has been around since 2000, so it's pretty well established procedure at this point.