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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.

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 2 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? :|