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feat(gui,core): opt-in check for new releases

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Preferences gets a switch that asks GitHub once a day for the latest
release and shows a banner over the sidebar when it is newer. Off by
default. Packages whose package manager brings updates install the
marker share/proton-drive-linux/managed-updates, which hides the switch.

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@@ -288,6 +288,13 @@ starts; to switch at once:
systemctl --user restart proton-drive.service
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With the `.deb`, the release `.rpm` or the `.tar.gz`, nothing tells you about a new release.
Turn on **Preferences → General → Check for updates** and the app asks GitHub once a day and
shows a banner over the sidebar when a newer version is out. Packages that a package manager
updates do not offer the setting. A package shows this by installing the empty file
`share/proton-drive-linux/managed-updates` under the prefix of its `bin/` directory, for example
`/usr/share/proton-drive-linux/managed-updates`.
Coming from 2.8.0 or older, re-enable the service once. Those releases hooked it into
`default.target`, which starts it before the desktop session is ready; on KDE that crashes
`ksecretd` at every login. Signing in again or toggling "Start on login" does this as well: