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Bummer.

Thanks for the info anyway.

I guess the issue still exists with GTK4 as well?

Aha!! Thanks for that question. I was using the official Ubuntu 24.04 build. As can be seen on https://packages.ubuntu.com/noble/freefilesync it is linked against GTK3.

I just tried the official build from your site and this does NOT have the flicker effect! Very nice! Thanks a lot!

However, it ...

Thanks for your replies.

The "run minized" option is checked:
<ProcessDialog Minimized="true" AutoClose="true">

The option is working, the application gets immediately minimized but only after a short flashing of the window border.

I tried finding something like "Start /MIN xxxx" for Linux, but ...

On my Linux machine I have cronjob running this command every minute:

/usr/bin/freefilesync /home/elu/data.ffs_batch

It works fine, but there is one catch. Although started in batch mode (i.e. no GUI is displayed) I see the frame of the freefilesync GUI window flashing briefly for like 50ms before ...