Hi y’all,
Like many of you I run Linux and I have Proton Drive to store files on the cloud. There is no official Linux client to mount and access files on the cloud as if they were on your local filesystem. How do you manage it? I’ve seen the main “solution”, better said workaround is to use rclone which is supposed to work with Proton. Has anyone tried it?
I tried it one year ago and it didn’t work (I have two passwords auth). I usually backup with the website, but it doesn’t support multi-threading so it’s a nightmare if you are a developer (thousands of small files).
The Linux app should be released this year, but I wouldn’t except anything before September.
Peergos.
A Linux client release this year? That is great news! Hopefully it comes soon…
Yes. We should see their next Spring roadmap soon, hopefully it will give an update on the progress of the linux client.
I use Koofr cloud storage coupled with Cryptomator for my encrypted drive needs. It works really well on Linux and other OSs too.
But Proton Drive natively on Linux would be fantastic. I hope they are working on it but I have long stopped holding my breath for it.
Personally, I’ve sort of stopped believing their public roadmaps; it’s not the first time they’ve announced something that never gets made.
I’m still waiting for the “Shared drives for collaboration” mentioned here, which was due “by this winter”. Okay, there are only 7 days left until spring, but I have my doubts, seeing as they’ve ignored their own roadmaps before (on Calendar and Mail, if I remember correctly).
I currently manage my Proton Drive manually through the web interface. I was able to get rclone somewhat working for a while. That said, I don’t know if the issue is rclone or Proton, it hasn’t been working as well for me lately. Reading through rclone works fine, it is writing back that is the problem. This is the guide I used if you’re curious, but there may absolutely be a better way - Mounting Proton Drive on Linux | Adesh Kadambi
That said I am eagerly awaiting an official client for Linux. It was such a huge lift to get off MS365 I’d rather not move to yet another thing unless I must.
I also use the web interface to manage my files. It is a bit cumbersome but it does the job. However, I would prefer the client to be available to automatically sync files on my computer.
The problem with the web interface is that RAM use increases a lot when download and uploading plus you have to keep ensuring you re-upload the files you are working on and that creates duplicates in the Drive. It’s just inefficient if you do it regularly and often.
We do need a dedicated natively working Drive. Proton should deliver 1 big thing for every 2 big things they deliver for other OSs. It’s only fair. Their reasoning for only working first on platforms where people are is no longer sitting well with me.
No it doesn’t. When you upload a file with the same file name it gives you 3 options. You can either replace the file already on the drive, add the second file with an extra identifier, or cancel the upload.
I don’t find it cumbersome at all.
To each their own I suppose.
The problem is when you’re working with many files, you don’t quite know how many you downloaded and worked on to be uploaded again. I guess it also comes down to the work and how you work for this to make sense. But you can’t deny a dedicated native app won’t work better.
I have noticed this too after backing up a large number of files. It’s inconvenient for sure.