Why is this still an issue on #Element :))

It's been a thing for mooooonths (or a year?) despite not being an issue before, and I'm not sure if it's to do with Element or #KDE/#Kwallet (or something else entirely i.e. #Flatpak). The last time I had an issue relating to Kwallet was with #VSCode and even that required some weird workaround (IIRC, lying that we're using #GNOME 's keychain or smtg like that).

I've been using #NeoChat but I swear Element's the best #Matrix client and I miss having it.

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edit: omfg, a workaround was found apparently since I last looked into this a ~year ago. Adding org.kde.kwalletd6 to its 'Session Bus' list (i.e. through #Flatseal) works! I can happily use Element again!!! 🥳

🔗 https://github.com/flathub/im.riot.Riot/issues/528#issuecomment-2984156871

I am entirely uninterested in helping #KDE #Neochat improve their broken product. I would be happy that it languish in ports in an unmarked broken state until finally someone takes it out of the rota to build. The smugness of the frequents in their IRC channels (which I was using because I have no working #Matrix client, cooee ✋ ) in redirecting me to a Matrix channel I can't access (hello?) is unforgivable, and the denial thereof doubly so. Fuck #Matrix, and fuck #KDE. #lang_en

There's a bug in #KDE 's #Neochat that makes it crash on launch. Workaround was shared here:

🔗 https://github.com/flathub/org.kde.neochat/issues/146

Novedades de Kdenlive 25.12 #kde #kde_gear #neochat
https://www.kdeblog.com/2025/12/20/novedades-de-kdenlive-25-12/

#matrix app options on #kde atm kinda sucks. #element is the best, but it's now among a number of apps that don't (properly) support kde wallet/#kwallet so that's a no for a while now, which is a shame cos it's worked fine before. #nheko has been recommended, and it's pretty nice despite some rough edges, but it is honestly not that hard to come across several bugs that make it unusable. kde's own matrix app (forgot the name #neochat) is pretty rough on the edges too, a bit basic looking, but def a lot less buggy than nheko - it has some bugs of its own tho like 'quote' messages not working properly, at least when the quoted/replied message has a photo (it shows a thumbnail of the correct image, but opening it up shows a totally diff pic - for instance). all in all, ur best option is element's web app, but for a chat app u wish to use daily for a lot, it's kinda jank to always be looking for ur browser window/tab. the element app on other platforms like #ios and #macos just works tho so dats a fallback, if u use those.

#neochat on #android is in its infacy but its getting there