Finally Linux support
But when? They’ve been announcing the announcement of the announcement for years already.
Corporate making software that runs on consumer devices faster? It’s been a while since I heard that.
“We’re also now actively building one of the community’s most-requested features: the Proton Drive client for Linux, built from the ground up to leverage the SDK.”
I very nearly changed providers a couple months ago over the lack of a drive app for linux. Decided that I’d give them one year and if there isnt linux support at next renewal, i’ll need an alternative provider… It’s good news that theyre active on it but does leave the question of WHEN?
Now if they only would let me use Proton Meet as a Business user without paying an additional fee 😒
I subbed to Proton years ago for the decent email service. I refuse to touch anything else they’ve made. Zero interest in a secure mail platform becoming an all-new “all in one platform”.
At this point I’m tempted to put real time in to discovering how to best self host email, because all these @#%ing companies are the same.Keeping the reputation clean is the real issue. Google and MS handle most of the email traffic. If you get blacklisted for any reason, it’s a black hole to fix. And the reason may not be relevant; could just be your host’s IP allocation is blocked.
That is why we should stop relying on email as a login or account recovery method and move to a fully passkey-based system (or something similar), where providing an email address becomes optional rather than a requirement for registration.
At the same time, direct communications between individuals or businesses, especially those that still rely on legacy, letter-like mechanisms, should also evolve. We need a new standard, similar in spirit to what Signal has achieved for instant messaging, but designed for more formal and authenticated communications.
