From 63e7f0f44e075c072a0861cddb162cc66c65e129 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rmcrackan <rmcrackan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:45:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Automatic=20fallback=20when=20WebKit=20is=20mis?=
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 =?UTF-8?q?=20same=20=E2=80=9Cadd=20account=E2=80=9D=20flow=20to=20non-Web?=
 =?UTF-8?q?View=20login,=20so=20Arch=20minimal=20installs=20work=20without?=
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---
 .../Dialogs/Login/AvaloniaLoginChoiceEager.cs | 20 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Source/LibationAvalonia/Dialogs/Login/AvaloniaLoginChoiceEager.cs b/Source/LibationAvalonia/Dialogs/Login/AvaloniaLoginChoiceEager.cs
index 654ad279..59f2eb65 100644
--- a/Source/LibationAvalonia/Dialogs/Login/AvaloniaLoginChoiceEager.cs
+++ b/Source/LibationAvalonia/Dialogs/Login/AvaloniaLoginChoiceEager.cs
@@ -39,11 +39,21 @@ public class AvaloniaLoginChoiceEager : ILoginChoiceEager
 				}
 				catch (Exception ex) when (WebView2LoginErrorMessage.IsWebView2SignInInfrastructureFailure(ex))
 				{
-					await MessageBox.ShowAdminAlert(
-						App.MainWindow,
-						WebView2LoginErrorMessage.ExplainerBody,
-						WebView2LoginErrorMessage.Caption,
-						ex);
+					// Linux (e.g. missing WebKit2GTK): go straight to external browser — same outcome as turning off embedded sign-in.
+					if (OperatingSystem.IsLinux())
+					{
+						Serilog.Log.Logger.Information(
+							ex,
+							"Embedded sign-in browser is not available; continuing with external browser sign-in.");
+					}
+					else
+					{
+						await MessageBox.ShowAdminAlert(
+							App.MainWindow,
+							WebView2LoginErrorMessage.ExplainerBody,
+							WebView2LoginErrorMessage.Caption,
+							ex);
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}