mSecure Support
Linux Desktop
Thank you for your input on this request. We value this input and may introduce a Linux version in the future depending on increasing demand.
Hi mSecure,
I have been a user of mSecure for around 10 + years. It is serving me very well. I am looking for a Linux version of mSecure (Debian/Ubuntu) as I am looking to move to Linux from Windows. I am the type of person who likes to manage and look after my own data, and I do NOT trust Microsoft any more eg Windows 11, so after 37 years, its time for a change.
I can find either Linux versions of most software or alternatives to it, except for mSecure.
I note some of your entries above are from 5 years ago, hopefully the demand has increased.
Hi Rustam,
Thank you for your input in this topic.
Ubuntu version of msecure please :)
Hi Ken,
Thank you for the input and if we see a mass increase of people requesting this for mSecure, we will look into this further.
Another Vote for a Linux app (Linux Mint Debian Edition here.)
I've seen various discussions on YouTube and other places that with the pending EOS for Windows 10, the installed base of Linux is growing as folks are avoiding Windows 11.
+1 for linux app
Just adding my vote to creating a Linux version of the mSecure app but I understand that it wouldn't be as much of a priority.
Mike - mSecure
@Robert Unfortunately, we still don't have plans at this time to port mSecure over to Linux.
I just want to add my request for a Linux version of mSecure. I notice the first mention for this is about 6 years ago. Surely coding it for Linux isn't a huge cost to resources after all this time. It is programming after all. I could do it.
Mike - mSecure
@John, @Dougie Thank you both for your feedback. @John, I wasn't even aware you could run a full-blown Windows install on Linux. We had a user ask about a side-loadable version to try to run on a Mint distro, but he was not able to get it working. I'll have to let people know about using Virtualbox to get mSecure on Linux. I know, not the most elegant solution, but at least it's possible =)
I sympathise with mSecure's position but I eventually let my subscription lapse and have moved to bitwarden which is multi-platform. I'm sure there are nuances and pluses/minuses of the different products but my needs are pretty basic and it works ok for me.
Michael, Mike
My own 'workaround' to the absence of Linux support from msecure is to use Oracle's Virtualbox, i.e. to run Windows OS as a guest under my Linux host. That works fine, and in any case I need to have access to Windows to backup my Samsung phone (Samsung also does not provide any linux support ;-), to run my ancient flatbed scanner (for which there is no linux USB driver), etc.
Perhaps not an elegant solution, but simple to do-- just a few extra mouse clicks needed.
Mike - mSecure
@Michael J. Bird Thank you for your feedback. While understand everything you're saying here, and I agree that a Linux app would be great to support, we simply don't have the resources right now to port mSecure over to that platform. If we could be relatively certain the return on investment would be good within a certain period of time, we may be able to prioritize something like this, but due to way Linux is viewed, like you mentioned in your post, there's simply no way to count on recouping the revenue it would cost to port the app over to Linux. It's never for certain that we won't do it, but at this current time in our company, we just don't have the resources for an undertaking of this nature.
Ted
Hi, I'm a newbie to this forum, but a long time Msecure user. I couldn't find any reference to Linux in the Forum discussions, so I'd like to request a Linux version of Msecure desktop. I can't bring myself to install Windows 10 and of course Msecure Desktop doesn't install on XP. But I've been migrating to Linux, and would love to take Msecure 5 with me. Thanks
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