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• Making CoolerControl's GUI start on login - 3 May 2026
  CoolerControl ships a system daemon and a separate Qt GUI. The daemon controls fans at boot regardless of login, but the rpm doesn't install an autostart .desktop for the GUI, so the tray icon never appears. Drop one in `~/.config/autostart/` (or use Plasma's System Settings → Autostart) to fix it.
• Making KopiaUI start on login when installed as a Flatpak - 28 April 2026
  KopiaUI's built-in "Launch at startup" toggle silently fails under Flatpak. The sandbox can't write to host `~/.config/autostart/`. Fix is a hand-rolled autostart `.desktop` file with a minimal `flatpak run` Exec line.