I am tired of Linux being treated as last class citizen

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When Stealth mode in Linux? In 2050?

Windows got it

Android got it

iOS got it

MacOS got it

But not linux, I think they’ve been promising it for years.

Linux app looks and works like shit too. The effort is too much, please remove some of the features from the app. It is too feature rich.

Proton overall is overrated, marketing the privacy narrative. If you really cared about the “privacy” I think you would at least do some justice for the privacy OS.

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The current Linux version has better feature parity between the clients than the previous version: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonVPN/comments/174pv4a/the_new_proton_vpn_linux_app_is_officially_out_of/

UI improvements are planned.

Just throughout the last year, on the current client, we’ve introduced:

So your claim that we’re not focusing on Linux isn’t really true – we have been focusing on it continuously, even though it comprises a small percentage of our userbase overall.

Things like Port forwarding in the client and Split tunneling are also coming as part of our current roadmap: https://protonvpn.com/blog/product-roadmap-winter-2024-2025

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That’s how things usually are on Linux because of the small userbase and different distros that needs to be worked on.

Fedora btw

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My daily driver runs Linux. And out of personal preference: I don’t care how the client looks, I like the simplicity of the UI.

Other than that, for me it just works.

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it may be last class in terms of GUI/official app but you can even use ipv6 and all the power of openvpn/wireguard custom configs if you use these instead of the official client

it’s hard to provide a “one fits all” GUI client for general linux. If the official one doesn’t suit you, maybe try something like network namespaces or configuring it yourself

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of course it’s last class since it has to lowest user base, they have to prioritize

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I’m still waiting on a proper Proton Drive client for Linux.

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You are not the only one

If Mullvad can do it, I wonder why Proton cant

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The only plus to me for having a sub is proton drive, which needs to happen on Linux. I would drop ProtonVPN the moment a competitor with VPN+Drive Linux support. At least just Debian/Ubuntu based distributions but would make sense to do Fedora/Red Hat too. Nautilus and Dolphin the 2 most popular file managers on the two popular desktop environements. They can more easily lose their privacy minded customers than gain customers that could be happily served with better integration and pricing Google/Apple products

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I feel you. I recently made the switch on my desktop, and now I don’t have any windows machines. The experience is definitely a lot worse, and I’ve been rethinking my subscription to proton.

There are a few reasons I’m holding out though:

  1. The client is improving—albeit slowly. A few years ago they didn’t even support wireguard.
  2. Linux is a notoriously hard platform to develop for. There are so many distros and so many things to consider in development, and it’s difficult to support everyone. This is why a flatpak would be great.
  3. They have more servers and seem to get blocked less than other alternatives (in my experience).
  4. I support proton’s values.

That being said, if you don’t like it, you can switch. Mullvad has a great client for linux and it supports shadowsocks obfuscation. You don’t need any information to sign up, and they support crypto payments. You can always come back to proton when they improve their client.

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Linux DRIVE client please. Fkkn proton parasites.

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I remember Linux once having a nice app and a wonderful command line utility. Found out that hard way that both were removed.

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I want to give proton more business just for all the salt they generate from Linux People. They’re the Disney Adults of operating systems.

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Thanks everybody for the replies and recommendations!

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Linux app https://res.cloudinary.com/dbulfrlrz/images/w_1024,h_531,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1721663577/wp-vpn/ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-desktop.png?_i=AA

Windows app https://res.cloudinary.com/dbulfrlrz/images/w_1024,h_495,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1721665407/wp-vpn/protonvpn-windows/protonvpn-windows.png?_i=AA

see the difference?

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At least the VPN has a native client. Worse is DRIVE, which doesn’t even have that. I’m just waiting for my subscription to end, if by then they don’t treat Linux equally, I’ll leave.

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This unconstructive troll post will definitely change that!

No one forces you to use Proton if you don’t like it.

Feel free to make it better or use a different client.

And before people get me wrong, I’m not against feedback in general, but this post is definitely not helpful and won’t change anything.

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I get it. In my heart Linux should be the one that comes first when it comes to features or updates (goes beyond proton).

But when you take into account how much people actually used Linux, you realize the money is to be made elsewhere, and even proton needs to make money to keep providing us.

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Bro, i’m just happy to have a linux client in general. But i feel you

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Also, no split tunneling.