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That's not how you do it.
Click 'Downloads' on the Mullvad website.
Scroll to the bottom section 'Unable to use the app'
Click 'OpenVPN'.
Download OpenVPN config.
You already have OpenVPN installed, skip all fancy installation steps.
Click network settings in the taskbar, 'New connection', 'OpenVPN', 'Import configuration'.
Turn on your new VPN connection. Done.
It seems Mullvad has the OpenVPN option tucked away as the very last option even though OpenVPN seems to be the easiest method. Why is that?
As I've heard it, wireguard is much more secure.
More Performant, yes. More Secure? Not sure about that
I went with OpenVPN because it's installed on Ubuntu by default. Wireguard needs one extra apt-get command.
I don't think that Wireguard is more secure, its's simpler and thus easier to audit, but OpenVPN was audited to the gills already.