Official Flatpak/Flathub packages would be a great way to support most Linux users.

As with Flatpak, official Snap packages would be nice too.

I do not feel safe using the unofficial ones offered, and I'd prefer if you could add some official ones, and ask the (probably well-meaning) publishers to take the unofficial ones down.

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well I would but there's no Flatpak update available and steamOS is my daily driver

Critically needed.

An *unofficial* flatpak is available: https://flathub.org/apps/com.protonvpn.www

But I'd much prefer an *official* flatpak.

Also, I'll just note that Surfshark offers *official* flatpak and *official* snap packages. But I'd prefer to support Proton.

At this point I become increasingly frustrated that this issue has not been adressed yet.

Much smaller projects manage to maintain the whole variety of Linux universal apps (Flatpak, Snap, AppImage). Unofficial packages provided by some community members show that it is easily possible; due to software supply chain security risks official apps would be much more appreciated.
From Proton's perspective it may impose a risk being falsely afiliated which some unknown party who maintains these inofficial packages.

Some apps can be used as browser app, but especially for Proton Drive proper desktop integration is needed.

While frustrated about it, personally I find my way around it. People in my Family account, people I have recommended Proton to and some Business contacts I have can not.

I know/ maintain Linux PCs for a lot of "Noobs" who would require a more seamless integration, because they would start to bother me, if I would recommend it to them and the experience would be bad or unstable. Besides Flatpaks I would also argue for Snap packages as Ubuntu is still a valid choice for "Noobs" as well as Businesses.

Adding another voice in favor of this. There is a wide ecosystem of Linux distributions that are not downstream of Redhat or Debian, and an official flatpak release is an easy way of providing Proton apps to a large number of them.

Please do this

Please do this.

This feature is such in demand that users started to create flatpak packages themselves. Of course, I would only trust the official one.

CRITICAL

This would be great - especially if ARM was also supported.

Flatpak is the way to go here, guaranteeing compatibility on multiple distros.

I too would love to see verified Flatpaks on Flathub for all Linux programmes of Proton!

Agree, verified Flatpak would be extremely helpful for using Protonmail App across various Linux distros.

It's ok if you want to create and maintain a Flatpak, but not at the expense of rpm/deb packages, which are never going away.

Personally, I'd rather see a dnf and apt repo for installation/updating so I have one update mechanism on my system. I'd rather avoid the mess of requiring up to four different ways for updating my system: dnf/apt + Snap/Flatpak/AppImage.

Flatpaks for VPN and Drive please

Having Flatpaks for Proton applications would be such a huge step forward for Linux users. While having RPM and DEB packages is nice, this leaves other more niche distros out to dry. Additionally, Flatpak support would allow users of immutable distros to actually use Proton applications without needing to trust the unofficial third-party Flatpaks that exist today.

As other users have already said, Proton should just publish their programs as Flatpaks if they want to properly support Linux. Not everybody uses Fedora or Debian and Flatpak provides a sandbox and thus better security.

Proton should just publish their apps as flatpaks. Not only are they more secure and isolated, but they also work on all distributions. Some of us use openSUSE, Arch, and other distributions that aren't Fedora or Debian.