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Empowering you to choose a better internet where privacy is the default. Protect yourself online with Proton Mail, Proton VPN, Proton Calendar, Proton Drive. Proton Pass and SimpleLogin.

Proton Mail is the world's largest secure email provider. Swiss, end-to-end encrypted, private, and free.

Proton VPN is the world’s only open-source, publicly audited, unlimited and free VPN. Swiss-based, no-ads, and no-logs.

Proton Calendar is the world's first end-to-end encrypted calendar that allows you to keep your life private.

Proton Drive is a free end-to-end encrypted cloud storage that allows you to securely backup and share your files. It's open source, publicly audited, and Swiss-based.

Proton Pass Proton Pass is a free and open-source password manager which brings a higher level of security with rigorous end-to-end encryption of all data (including usernames, URLs, notes, and more) and email alias support.

SimpleLogin lets you send and receive emails anonymously via easily-generated unique email aliases.

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MFW the email client gets an AI writer and we Linux users still do not have a drive client. (media.giphy.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/protonprivacy

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I tried rclone and it freaked out at regular ping intervals and instead deleted everything on the drive. GG. I want to like you Proton but your decisions of late are ASTHENATE. I wouldn't have minded the crypto wallet release if basic features on the core apps were remotely coherently finished. The AI writer add on for a local model doesn't even work on Firefox. For people supposedly embracing the FOSStyle, this isn't the way. /rant

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

@Dave @fossilesque Where did 6% come from?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

It was in my head from somewhere, so I went back trying to find out where. I think the number probably comes from this article, in which for VPN users, 6% asked for better Linux support.

They mention Linux in other sections(e.g. Drive) but only as part of the "Other" category and they don't quantify it.

However, the smallest category separately listed for Proton Drive has 8% of the vote, so it's definitely less than that, and it would make sense for it to be around 6% like the VPN one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

6% asked for better Linux support.

I didn't read the article, but is that 6% of users, or 6% of requests?

If it is the former, you also have to factor in the amount of people didn't request anything at all. If 25% of people requested something, then 6% of all people is actually quite a large portion of requests.

Although Linux users would probably be more likely to be asking for support, so still a vocal minority

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

@Dave Thank you. I agree with you 6% is a small percentage. The problem is Linux users don't mind swimming upstream. They dropped M$ (not acceptable in today's business climate of conform or die). They're vocal.

There are other solutions to the problem. Proton is aware of these complications, yet they persist in refusing to make a Linux client for Proton Drive. Worst, they won't say why. The Linux community is watching and searching for a solution...not silence.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@Dave @fossilesque Are there (secure) alternatives to a Proton provided Drive application on Linux?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The only Linux application I know of for Proton Drive is the Rclone proton drive backend. I haven't used it, it apparently works but is in beta. I would make sure you have other backups though, just in case.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@Dave @apples_and_pears

I've used Rclone with Proton Drive to mount a directory .... it is dreadfully slow. Maybe directory/file sync (where copies are both places) are better.

I cannot recommend Rclone for Proton Drive in "mount mode" currently.

@protonprivacy This is why I'm still using Tresorit on Linux .... One of two reasons (the other one is access to shared folders with read/write access).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have never seen a cloud location mounted and usable. Definitely want to do a proper sync where files are stored locally!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

@Dave It actually works quite nicely with Tresorit. And the latency lag is acceptable.

I've been doing this via Rclone + Jotta Cloud with Rclone encryption, which still works better than Rclone + Proton Drive. But not as smooth as Tresorit. Rclone + Backblaze B2 + encryption is also better than the Proton Drive approach.

I've also used this approach in read-only mode with @borgmatic too, which is a great way to restore data from a backup. And that's almost as smooth as Tresorit (even though a very different use case).