After signing in to FontBase 2026.5.23 AppImage on Ubuntu 26.04.1 and activating the Awesome subscription, FontBase opens a PolicyKit authentication dialog requesting root privileges.
Inspecting the running process shows FontBase invoking pkexec to unpack bundled FontBase-Mac-* Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator plugins into macOS-style paths such as:
/Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2026/Plug-ins/…
/Applications/Adobe InDesign 2026/Plug-Ins/…
/Applications/Adobe Illustrator 2026/Plug-ins/…
The AppImage contains Mac and Windows plugin archives, but no Linux plugin archives.
The application otherwise correctly identifies the platform as Linux (Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS, Electron plat=Linux).
Expected behavior:
On Linux, FontBase should not attempt to install macOS Adobe plugins or request root access for /Applications/… paths.
Actual behavior:
FontBase selects the macOS plugin installation path and requests root privileges to create/write those directories.
Environment:
FontBase 2026.5.23 AppImage
Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS
Electron 40.8.5
x86_64