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Fix up KDE apps distributed as flatpacks being unable to open Remote files (ex: Samba shares) from Dolphin (File Explorer)

KDE Flatpak Remote File Fix

Context: Fedora/Bazzite/Kinoite/universal-blue/KDE/Flatpacks

The Problem

When using KDE applications (like Okular or Gwenview) installed as Flatpaks in Fedora KDE Bazzite or other containerized Linux distributions, they may fail to open remote files (like those on Samba shares) when launched from Dolphin File Explorer.

Example error from Okular:

Could not open smb://... Reason: Unable to create KIO worker. Unknown protocol 'smb'.