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                Fixing Dropbox Permissions & UI on Fedora Kinoite/Silverblue with Distrobox
              
          
    "Your Dropbox folder is on a file system that is no longer supported"

TLDR: Overcome common permissions errors and missing graphical library issues when installing Dropbox on Fedora's immutable desktops (Kinoite/Silverblue) by running it inside a Distrobox container.
Failed Attempts Summary – Dropbox Installation


Flatpak attempt
Initial install as a Flatpak. > running ok until "sign in" then Your Dropbox folder is on a file system that is no longer supported
Flatseal attempt
Changed the file sharing settings under the Filesytem section. See https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/your-dropbox-folder-is-on-a-file-system-that-is-no-longer-supported-solved/1112
OSTree / rpm-ostree attempt