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alexreinking
New member | Level 2
13 days ago

Dropbox fails to start on Linux systems where /home is a symbolic link

Device Dell XPS 15 9520 Operating System/Browser (if using the web) Fedora 43 Kinoite Dropbox App Version (if using the app) v240.4.8493 Syncing Status Up to date (workaround exists) Question...
desktop
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Jay
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13 days ago

Hi alexreinking, thanks for joining the Community.

We appreciate this detailed information on the issue you experienced with the Dropbox desktop application on Linux. 

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