ProtonVPN on Linux - Flatpak or not

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hi all,

How good idea is to install Protonvpn from flathub ? I know it is not maintained from Proton ? so should I do that or not ?

Asking because I am using Ublue ( Fedora and Silverblue mix) and on F41 Proton is not available

Thanks

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Could never get it to work on arch. I just use the CLI.

yay protonvpn-cli

and use the applet to show the status in my tray

yay protonvpn-applet
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Not a perfect solution by any stretch but I honestly gave up on the official app. I just downloaded the WireGuard files directly and just manage and activate them through a script I made.

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Flatpak works fine for me.

Now if you care about security I cannot tell, but the flatpak is packaged in the open on GitHub.

Proton should really adopt it since it has feature parity.

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I made a post on this subreddit on how i installed the offical rpm on my fedora silverblue

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonVPN/comments/1c0se9f/installing_protonvpn_on_fedora_silverblue/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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I know it’s not the same thing, but there were fake Ledger wallets on the Snap Store and until they were removed, thousands of cryptocurrencies were stolen.

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I always follow official recommendations. Go visit the Proton website and install what they recommend. That’s my general rule of thumb. Steam ? Valve says sudo apt install Steam. Lutris recommended Flatpak.

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Weird, for me it’s completely the opposite, CLI doesn’t work.

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Did the same when I was using Linux. Works beautifully in OpenBSD now.

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the problem is wireguard/openvpn is detected by many websites

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Yeah, I know it works. But yes, security aspekt is what I am worries

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You gotta set up your opvn keys etc

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https://github.com/flathub/com.protonvpn.www/issues/349