[ From reddit announcement ]

Today, we’re excited to announce that the new Proton VPN Linux app is now officially available for everyone.

With the new Linux application, you get a host of features:

  • Protocols: OpenVPN-UDP and OpenVPN-TCP
  • VPN Accelerator
  • Moderate NAT
  • NetShield Ad-blocker
  • Kill switch
  • Port forwarding
  • Auto connect at app startup
  • Pin servers to tray

Secure Core support will be added in the coming months as well. And though WireGuard is not yet supported, we’ve implemented OpenVPN DCO on our servers, which gives you identical results in terms of performance.

Find more information on how to install it in our KB article here.

For those of you wondering, in the coming months, we’ll be working on a new Linux CLI based on your feedback.

    • PeachfacedshredderEnglish
      4•9 months ago

      I’m still a windows user but planning to pick up some linux soon. Does support for base distros mean those built upon them are supported too? Example MintOS?

      • BolexForSoup
        3•9 months ago

        Short answer based on my recent foray into Linux: depends on the fork! Some keep more parallel, some break off into their own world and are unrecognizable next to their base distro.

      • @Grangle1@lemm.eeEnglish
        2•9 months ago

        If you have the required package management software installed (apt for Debian/Ubuntu-based distros, for example) it works for any distro based on that software as far as I’ve tried. The Ubuntu version should work on Mint. That said, I haven’t tried it too many times that way, so that’s no absolute guarantee. It would be great to get a flatpak version so that it could be easily installed on most distros.

      • LUHGEnglish
        1•9 months ago

        I can’t try it buy 99% sure it will.

      • originalucifer
        1•9 months ago

        for the mint-curious

        mint curates their own app manager/‘store’… it caused quite the curfluffel, but i enjoy it because the crap in there is ‘sanctioned’ to work in mint…

        i believe protonvpn has had a thing in there a year or more

        • PeachfacedshredderEnglish
          2•9 months ago

          Thanks, good to know. I guess their approach is more friendly to beginners who don’t know too much about troubleshooting yet.

  • @Fizz@lemmy.nzEnglish
    7•9 months ago

    I just canceled because it didn’t support my distro. Guess I’m signing back up

    • @redw0rm@kerala.partyOPEnglish
      4•9 months ago

      I think not. From the reddit discussion, it seems that only 2 dev’s ( they are hiring one more soon ) work for linux support, and they can’t currently spread too thin.

    • @redw0rm@kerala.partyOPEnglish
      2•9 months ago

      I think not. There only seems to be only 2 dev’s working on linux app, and thir current priority is to bring wireguard to the app and preferrably , an updated CLI too.

  • MaxxEnglish
    3•9 months ago

    Mine updated to the new version a couple days ago and there doesn’t seem to be a way to close the window without canceling the VPN connection anymore?

    • @redw0rm@kerala.partyOPEnglish
      3•9 months ago

      Tried it in debian today. Yeah, its bad that the app need to be open inorder to have connection. They could’ve made it go background ( like telegram or discord does ), which would be better.

      • MaxxEnglish
        2•9 months ago

        This is how the old version worked too. Honestly just seems bizarre to release a VPN app without this feature.

  • GilbertoEnglish
    2•9 months ago

    Great! I’ve been waiting for quite a while for the new Linux app, I’m glad it’s finally here.