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The link right here goes to 40:02 of Proton' boss on the TLE channel about Linux support, where a Drive Client is deemed so difficult to achieve that they don't even have a roadmap for it. Nor is the word "Linux" featured anywhere on proton's pages about Drive.

coughdropboxcough

If I believe what I see on Lemmy, 99% of users here are on Linux, and the 1% remaining probably are just waiting on a Drive Linux Client to make the switch, right? Right?

Please take the survey and maybe mention politely our deep sorrow and profound distress.

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

@pathief Ask Proton.

Is wireguard itself still beta? It's been a while since I considered it so I''m not up on it.

IP6 is freaky. Everyone is yelling for IP6 - few have done more than dip a toe into that pool. No one wants to support both IP4 and IP6 and many are waiting to be forced to shift from 4 to 6. Expect chaos when that day finally comes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Proton supports Wireguard on Windows for several years now.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

@pathief It seems Wireguard has reached v1 https://www.wireguard.com/install/ Available on MacOs, BSD, various Linux distros, Androd, IOS, and Windows.

Ask Proton if they are working on Wirguard for Linux.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If you use the config file generator from the Proton website, you can have a Wiregard config tailor-made to load in NetworkManager for instance. Or several with or without NAT, different exits and so on.

I don't know how this isn't widely known, it's been there for a while.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I know about this but it sucks for several reasons:

  • This doesn't use the proton vpn client

  • You need to setup configuration files for each country you wish to connect

  • You configure a server directly, you can't just connect to "France" and have the client choose the server with the least load

  • You can no longer select a random country, you have to introduce the randomness yourself

  • You have to manage configurations like kill switches on your own, since you're no longer using the proton client

It's certainly a viable option, but why must linux users have all these drawbacks? :|