It’s been mentioned a lot in other posts and so I wanted to share my own interactions with the Proton team following my submission of the CLI security issues I had been experiencing.
2023 Roadmap also explains priorities and how real world event shifted them: Proton VPN’s roadmap for the first part of 2023 | Proton VPN
They should rather release ProtonDrive for Linux.
They support two distros. The “fragmentation” doesnt effect them as they will quickly point out they dont support other distros.
Im pretty sure you can connect to the servers with openvpn
I’m unfamiliar with the linux client, but what sorts of things are missing from it compared to the Windows version?
Flatpak and VPNs tend to not be my favorite coupling. If I am running a VPN, I am likely also running a DNS resolver and maybe even a few other protocols. I’d much rather have my systemctl set up directly instead of have Flatpak do things. Flatpak is good for pretty much EVERYTHING else though, haha!
Hahaha! That’s interesting, they posted that 4 days after I spoke one on one with the security team about my findings. Coincidence?
Am I missing something? Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, Archlinux and Majaro are all supported. That is 3 distros at minimum, if you don’t include varieties thereof. They do have to consider fragmentation to some degree.
Not pretty sure, dude, that is the ONLY option Linux users have, period, ha-ha! Well, I guess you can config in the CLI for IKeV2, etc. but why would you.
Everything. Haha! No, not really:
Supported features include:
Quick Connect - Every VPN has
NetShield Ad-blocker - Also commonplace
Kill Switch/Permanent Kill Switch - Common
Secure Core - Common
DNS leak protection. - Common
IPv6 leak protection - Common
Easy access to our P2P, Tor, and streaming servers - Common
Linux desktop integration (via NetworkManager) - Necessary
Available for all Proton VPN users - Duh
It’s not so much that it lacks a bunch of stuff like WireGuard, Smart Protocol, Moderate NAT, and more, it’s that it’s basically nothing special at all but that isn’t a bad thing really. What sucks is that it’s unstable and increasingly flawed in its ability to protect users.
Yeah. Forgot that Arch was officially supported.
I mean, its a solution until the devs make a client suitable for linux. Im honestly surprised they haven’t yet.
Legit thought I was going crazy. Haha