Edit: thank you all for your answers, much appreciated to make an informed choice about the switch to linux.
As per title. I want to get rid of windows and switch to linux. I use all the proton products, both on android and windows. Is there anything i need to take into account, concerning proton? I know there is a linux version for vpn. But i seem to recall there isn’t yet for the drive app but it was in the works? I have no idea how long that would take though, this year, next year?
I use proton stuff on linux. Vpn works, email works with a kludge called protonmail-bridge, drive only works via browser interface which is a hassle because it can’t be automated. Password manager works as a firefox extension. I don’t use calendar or contacts. Happy customer.
rclone has support for Proton Drive. It’s in beta I think. Unfortunately Protons API isn’t published so rclone’s implementation is a reverse engineered one and may not be reliable long term.
Also disclaimer: I haven’t tried out rclone. Haven’t had time to set it up yet
I find it strange that they don’t have any published API docs. What’s the strategy?
I’ve tried it. It works great.
I see people running windows vms and using them to sync the drive.
I use email in firefox (and mobile)
Besides drive it works with everything (drive only through browser)
Hope Drive gets support some time.
I have had issues with VPN. Every now and then it broke due to update in some dependency. I got tired of that crap and switched to openvpn and proton config files.
Drive works only via browser.
Good to know about the VPN issues. And yes, i suspected Drive would only work on the browser. It’s unfortunate no one seems to know how long it will take for a linux version.
The GUI app is terrible for VPN. It randomly logs me out and sometimes it refuses to connect. I have been relying on the CLI and it works great. After setting up auto-connect, you won’t even have to touch it most of the times.
That is good to know, thanks! Also thank you for the link in your other reply, very helpful
Just to chime in, I absolutely cannot get VPN to work on the latest Fedora. Seems to work okay on Mint.
They did just release a new GUI, but not sure if that will do anything to help with the back end.
You’re essentially limited to the browser for Calendar or Drive (but Windows/Mac are also limited to browser for Calendar), but everything else at least functions using their associated apps or extensions. VPN doesn’t have all the features of the Windows or Mac versions yet but Proton is working on that. It’s recommended to use the CLI for VPN instead of the app since the current app’s functionality will limit you even more. They have a new app in beta, though.
OK, yes, i thought most things would probably work, apart from (automated) Drive. I did not know that VPN still had limited features though, so thank you for letting me know! I will check out the CLI Thanks for your reply.
This can help you with the CLI - https://blog.aiquiral.me/proton-vpn-linux-guide/
It is annoying to set up but works exceedingly well afterwards. And one alternative is to use the browser addon if you only use the VPN browsing Lemmy ;)
I used to use VPN on Ubuntu and couldn’t get qBittorrent to work. If I remember correctly, I needed to do something with ports and the Linux client didn’t have that option.
The biggest issue for me is the VPN client support. It “works” but lacks some notable features such as port forwarding for torrents.
I simply live without this feature and do not use the client at all. I have wireguard installed with the configs you download from the website as a starting point. I also set it up so that connections without the wireguard interface are blocked by default except for within my local network and it’s hooked into systemd so I can manually start and stop it. This was non-trivial and I don’t suggest doing this.
Can you not access things such as “the drive” via a browser?
I was considering upgrading from mail only that I use at the moment but if I have to download an application just to access the cloud storage then fuck that!
Yes, but not automated
Ah I see, fair enough. Sorry I can’t help with your actual question though :D
That’s ok :-)
There is no linux app for proton drive
I hope it will be released this year, but i don’t know whether it’s a priority for their to do list
