Exactly. Their VPN app on Linux does not even have WireGuard options, let alone the Stealth Protocol. No port-forwarding either. There are so mamy features on Windows that they do not provide Linux users.
I change servers very frequently. For that I have to download a lot of config files. Considering, I am paying Proton just as much a Windows user, I shouldn't have to do all this work.
I have a seedbox built with ProtonVPN and Linux. You can't use their app but the manual configuration does work. (Port forwarding is annoying though, i had to write a script to manage it.)
On another post about this someone said the closed beta for Mac is next then after the Mac version is done they will start on a Linux version. So it will happen just not now.
It will probably get made eventually, but they have said there is no ETA for now. In the meantime, you can upvote the suggestion on their feedback forums.
If you don't mind me asking, what services are you getting for that price and what are your pro/cons of them? Currently considering whether I should go self-hosted or Proton to get away from Google.
I'm presonally using QNAP with the Qfile app in in combination with Tailscale, a combination which pretty much allows me to sync and access my files anywhere. However, the issue is that there's no end-to-end encryption of storage unless you specifically mount a Veracrypt volume on your NAS, which is a bit painful to do on mobile OSes. This may or may not be so important because you're not storing your data in some random cloud storage service, but would be nice nonetheless.
However, another more serious issue is that the operating systems and apps of these NAS appliances (Synology and QNAP) are closed source and the companies are both based in Taiwan. I have no way of knowing what the software on these appliances and their accompanying apps are doing and whether they are sending my data back to their mothership. Because of this I'm looking into building a Linux-based rack/tower NAS server using old off-the-shelf parts, but this will take me a while. Using something like Proton Drive in the meanwhile would be nice.
If your need is backups, it's definitely not the right product. Drive is a product for your working files, not a bucket for sending your backups. There's vastly cheaper and more sensible options out there for backups.
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They always forgot about Linux :(
Exactly. Their VPN app on Linux does not even have WireGuard options, let alone the Stealth Protocol. No port-forwarding either. There are so mamy features on Windows that they do not provide Linux users.
I just use Wireguard for ProtonVPN. Just download the wireguard config and import it into wireguard
I change servers very frequently. For that I have to download a lot of config files. Considering, I am paying Proton just as much a Windows user, I shouldn't have to do all this work.
"Shouldn't have to"
I mean, you don't have to. There's other services. Mullvad or whatever.
Having a handful of config files and switching to them isn't the hardest thing. It works. Not like they're preventing you from it.
I have a seedbox built with ProtonVPN and Linux. You can't use their app but the manual configuration does work. (Port forwarding is annoying though, i had to write a script to manage it.)
Do you mind sharing how you did that? I want to have a seedbox at my house too.
On another post about this someone said the closed beta for Mac is next then after the Mac version is done they will start on a Linux version. So it will happen just not now.
It will probably get made eventually, but they have said there is no ETA for now. In the meantime, you can upvote the suggestion on their feedback forums.
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Have you checked? I'm merely an Unlimited user and I already have the drive app.
If you don't mind me asking, what services are you getting for that price and what are your pro/cons of them? Currently considering whether I should go self-hosted or Proton to get away from Google.
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Appreciate the in-depth response 🫶
Only interested in this when they have support for rclone, they didn’t last time I checked
The first time I read the title I thought it was talking about some sort of space engine using protons.
I'm intrigued (Visionary here) but not seeing enough to switch from Tresorit just yet. I do love where this is going, though!
Tresorit is the gold standard. Quite hard shoes to fill.
rclone crypt + any cloud storage = 🥳
decrypt the synced content at local server/vps and serve via FileRun or similar
I got a Synology NAS and been using Synology Drive and it's been a really great private hosted alternative to Google drive, Dropbox etc.
I'm presonally using QNAP with the Qfile app in in combination with Tailscale, a combination which pretty much allows me to sync and access my files anywhere. However, the issue is that there's no end-to-end encryption of storage unless you specifically mount a Veracrypt volume on your NAS, which is a bit painful to do on mobile OSes. This may or may not be so important because you're not storing your data in some random cloud storage service, but would be nice nonetheless.
However, another more serious issue is that the operating systems and apps of these NAS appliances (Synology and QNAP) are closed source and the companies are both based in Taiwan. I have no way of knowing what the software on these appliances and their accompanying apps are doing and whether they are sending my data back to their mothership. Because of this I'm looking into building a Linux-based rack/tower NAS server using old off-the-shelf parts, but this will take me a while. Using something like Proton Drive in the meanwhile would be nice.
I don't see why I would use this over Mega.
Mega comes with a Linux application too which is why I ended up going for that.
Does mega do end to end encryption?
Yeah. It's encrypted in transit and on the servers.
Thank you, I will check them out
Yeah. It's encrypted in transit and on the servers.
3TB is still tiny. Both are shit options for people who need unlimited storage for backups
It's really not tiny for 99.9999% of users. For that much data, why not look into something like Wasabi?
If your need is backups, it's definitely not the right product. Drive is a product for your working files, not a bucket for sending your backups. There's vastly cheaper and more sensible options out there for backups.
Fair enough. Any you could recommend apart from Backblaze and Wasabi?
Yeah, it would be nice if they let people buy storage at a reasonable rate.