Hey there Proton community! I wanted to know the best and easiest way to get ProtonVPN working on the Steam Deck. I have very little knowledge of Linux, so I’m looking for someone to help me.
Edit: thanks for the tips guys!
You can download it directly from the software center by going into desktop mode! It runs like it normally would on any desktop, although you either need to enter desktop mode after restarts/power off to ensure its on. Feel free to send a message if you need help!
So I managed to find it, and I saw that recent reviews are very negative.
There is some way to get things going on startup on Steamdeck, even in Steam-mode (Big Picture mode? Not-desktop mode?). I had to do it for Syncthing, I just don’t remember exactly what I did. I probably made a service file if I had to take a guess, but I think an “@reboot” cron job might work too
I know that valve recommends flatpaks, but I don’t know if the proton vpn flatpak is trustworthy
I am also very new to Linux (on a PC, but with a distro that also relies mostly on flatpaks for its software selection). Could you explain what makes them un- or less trustworthy? Or alternatively recommend a link to read? I know next to nothing about the different software distribution methods used on Linux.
Download the Linux client? Run through Distrobox.
Can you access the command line and install wireguard? If so you can pretty easily set up and connect to proton vpn without needing the proton von app.
Not a huge fan of having to use the command line, but if I get the instructions, I can give it a shot.
@harsh3466 @Neilia_1
Proton has released Von App?Well, it was bound to happen.
If a bunch of scientists and coders get together where the world’s largest and expensive man-made ring (the LHC) was forged deep underground, it was only a matter of time before Tolkein’s writing started to influence the decisions made by Proton.
Von App to rule them all,
Von App to find them,
Von App to bring them all
and in the darkness bind them.
use OVPN setup on KDE by download the config file and then you connect with tunneldeck
If you have a browser installed, the extension is probably the easiest way to get ProtonVPN. That is, assuming you just want it for the web.
A bunch of the reviews for the extension say something about a DNS leak. Uh oh.
SteamOS natively supports WireGuard - so you can generate a WireGuard configuration for ProtonVPN on the web and configure it in system settings > network > connections > add new connection.
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Thanks for the information!
