Proton product roadmaps for autumn and winter 2026 | Proton
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Proton is working on a beta for Drive on Linux:

We are working towards releasing a beta of the official Proton Drive app for Linux. The initial launch will likely consist of our headless daemon mode only, meaning you’ll have a sync engine running that keeps a configurable list of directories up to date the same way it does on Mac and Windows.

cross posted from: https://programming.dev/post/58028970

  • UndulyUnruly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    222·
    11 hours ago

    Getting away from Big Tech is rarely as simple as closing an account. Over time, a single provider can become woven into your digital life: Your files are stored there, your inbox runs through it, your logins depend on it, and so does the AI assistant you turn to for everyday tasks.“

    ~ Andy Yen

  • gothmog@lemmy.todayEnglish
    10·
    12 hours ago

    I just switched from G drive to Proton Drive, and did it right after they released the proton-drive cli for linux, and it works quite well so far. I haven’t had any issues, but I frontloaded all the processing so that all proton-drive has to worry about is the files that are in its own folder, as I have it isolated from the rest of the system.

  • Fizz@lemmy.nzEnglish
    81·
    12 hours ago

    So annoying. For all the time I had the subscription it didnt work now im cancelling it I get the feature I wanted the whole time

    • Hal@piefed.nzEnglish
      5·
      8 hours ago

      At one point they did a big blog post about why Proton Drive for Linux has taken so long.

      It basically boiled down to “the clients for Windows/Mac are so poorly written, they are barely working and we spend all our time trying to keep them working. There’s no way we can handle a Linux client as well unless we rewrite everything to make it actually ok”.

      They were trying to rewrite at that point, to one decent shared codebase. I guess it’s progressing ok, if slowly.

      • dusk@piefed.socialEnglish
        21·
        6 hours ago

        They were half arsing linux a couple of years ago when I walked away from them, and had being doing so quite some time prior to that, putting stuff on the road map, and then just leaving it there.

        The success of protons marketing has made them the ‘privacy’ choice for people who cannot be bothered looking into things further = they must have a ton of customers by now, and should be very profitable, so can they still legitimately get away with suggesting they are just a small company and can’t fix everything… while they still keep releasing new products? (assuming they still are doing that)