Give us a Linux client for mail and pass please, please... pretty please
(Or a connector that works better/installs better)
this post was submitted on 31 Jan 2024
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Quote straight out of the linked blog:
The Proton Mail desktop app is currently available for macOS and Windows. Weβre working on a Linux version that will be available in early access in the coming weeks.
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They stated in their previous AUA that they're lacking Linux Developers, even have positions open for applicants. So they said all Linux releases will be quite a bit behind Windows and Mac releases.
Lol thanks, I know, I'm just tooting into the wind
Tooting with ya... personally looking to switch to other solutions purely because of this.
They can only hire in Europe, otherwise I'd jump on the opportunity.
Where did they say that? They don't even have possibilities for remote work?
They recently had a AUA over at Reddit, they stated they they were lacking Linux Developers hence the delay of Linux releases across the board. So can't judge them to harshly for it either, but personally not gonna wait around for it.
Don't know anything about who they hire though.
@protonmail could start by actually attending various open source conferences. There are several of them only in Europe. #FOSDEM is the largest one (actually happening this weekend), @devconf_cz is another one, with lots of #Linux distribution focus as well.
Sending HR folks and developers to these conferences, having a stand somewhere, meeting people is a solid way to find new hires with a specific skill set.
Great point! They totally should, and I would assume they have the recourses for it too.
I actually tried applying, EU and UK only, with some positions in Asia. US / Canada need not apply.
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Are there plans to include Pass in the same app? People have been begging for a standalone Pass app for a while. It makes sense to just add functionality to this one.
Would be nice, right? Thanks for your feedback, I'll pass along!
Edited: thinking it further, it could be a different app, not all pass users use mail.
Yeah, I mean, whatever makes sense. I don't know if there's some overhead that would need to be duplicated making it easier to build off what they already have or if it makes more sense to break out each product. It's be cool for somone like me who uses all of their products, to only have one Proton app. Might as well bundle VPN into it too.
Ideally every service would be both a standalone app, as well as a service within an "ultimate suite" app, which is just a wrapper that contains all of the separate apps for ultimate users, plus a dashboard / service switcher.
The team is working on a Pass app.
Nice!
Isn't this effectively just an Electron (or whatever) wrapper for the web app?
Yupp, that's my understanding as well.
But Proton also insists on doing the packaging and distribution of it outside the ordinary distribution paths Linux distros uses (apt/yum/dnf repos or flatpak) ... So they waste time and energy on getting stuff working properly across a broader range of Linux distributions.
The end result will therefore most likely be a poorer user experience where some features don't work well on some distros. Depending on how their "package" will manage to integrate on the distro installing it.
I still donβt understand why they canβt make this into a single app.
Huh?
What do you mean by that?