Still waiting for ProtonVPN support for Linux distributions other than Ubuntu/“Gnome Debian”.
The Flatpak and Arch (I know, unofficial versions) packages appear to be broken for quite some time, and Proton devs have closed a bug report for it as it’s not a “supported platform”.
Not sure if it was an issue with the flatpak version or AUR but it would have only one successful launch. Once you’d restart the app or PC, it would not launch at all, or it would launch, show server list but throw errors when trying to connect to a VPN server.
So I just tried to replicate this issues two ways:
I disconnected from the VPN, shut down the app, then restarted it and reconnected. I was able to establish a connection and checking my IP and for DNS leaks both showed I had a solid connection.
I rebooted the PC and when I was back on the desktop, I started up the app and it connected almost immediately after hitting the quick connect button. I tested again and it passed.
Maybe they’ve since corrected the issues you were seeing?
That’s not great! Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve stopped the application or restarted the PC since I installed it a couple of days ago. I’m gonna test it after work today and see if it behaves similarly and I’ll report back what I find.
Unfortunately I have no other option since I am using Bluefin (based on Fedora Silverblue, i.e. atomic distro) and they seem to refuse to build the Flatpak themselves
My first Linux distro was Silverblue. I tried installing the vpn using instructions from protonapp without success. That was the beginning of my annoyance with Proton’s Linux support.
I had to move to Workstation so the Proton apps would install.
Linux application this time? Still waiting for native support on Proton Drive.
Hopefully there’s no application at all.
Its coming soon https://proton.me/blog/drive-roadmap-summer-2025
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Still waiting for ProtonVPN support for Linux distributions other than Ubuntu/“Gnome Debian”.
The Flatpak and Arch (I know, unofficial versions) packages appear to be broken for quite some time, and Proton devs have closed a bug report for it as it’s not a “supported platform”.
What’s broken about them? I just installed the package from the AUR a couple of days ago and it seems to be working fine for me.
Not sure if it was an issue with the flatpak version or AUR but it would have only one successful launch. Once you’d restart the app or PC, it would not launch at all, or it would launch, show server list but throw errors when trying to connect to a VPN server.
So I just tried to replicate this issues two ways:
Maybe they’ve since corrected the issues you were seeing?
That’s not great! Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve stopped the application or restarted the PC since I installed it a couple of days ago. I’m gonna test it after work today and see if it behaves similarly and I’ll report back what I find.
Not to downplay, not having support for Arch, but neither does Mullvad so its not a proton only thing.
MullVad at least worked reliably for me on Arch
There are RPMs as well, but yeah, Proton has terrible Linux support overall.
IIRC there is are community Flatpaks for most of their apps and they work fine.
Like I have Proton Mail/Calendar, VPN and Pass all installed on my Bluefin workstation
Proton recommends not using the community built apps.
Unfortunately I have no other option since I am using Bluefin (based on Fedora Silverblue, i.e. atomic distro) and they seem to refuse to build the Flatpak themselves
You gotta do what you gotta do.
My first Linux distro was Silverblue. I tried installing the vpn using instructions from protonapp without success. That was the beginning of my annoyance with Proton’s Linux support.
I had to move to Workstation so the Proton apps would install.
It’s against Silverblues whole design to install and layer packages, I’m surprised they even provided instructions…