How much can I get away with before I break Debian?
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So while it's true you shouldn't use third party repos. If you look at your vpn and you have any version dependencies it will install then eventually you will have a bad time. But if it's just a self-contained package you should be fine. Worse case it may uninstall the vpn when you do an upgrade. Where people get in trouble is when they install ubuntu repos thinking they are synonyms for Debian or worse install testing or sid next to stable.
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I have had the mullvad repo for months with no issues. Debian is actually one of their supported distros. If you tried to add their repo on mint for example it would work youd have to install it via a deb package.
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On desktop, using testing + manufacturer repos is fine. Don't use repos intended for other distributions.
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Use Timeshift! Saved me several times after experimenting a little too much with Debian.
