NonLogicalDev

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'.

lavalamp

There are three easy to make mistakes in go. I present them here in the way they are often found in the wild, not in the way that is easiest to understand.

All three of these mistakes have been made in Kubernetes code, getting past code review at least once each that I know of.

1. Loop variables are scoped outside the loop.

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