Fix orbit active GUI session detection to start Fleet Desktop and key escrowing on Linux (#39777)

Resolves #36024 and #34501.

Main change is about stop using the first user in the `users` command
output [*] and instead use `loginctl` commands to pick the correct
current active GUI user.

[*] `users` was returning empty on some new distributions, and in
multi-sessions we were always picking the first one (even if it wasn't
active).

- [X] Changes file added for user-visible changes in `changes/`,
`orbit/changes/` or `ee/fleetd-chrome/changes`.

## Testing

- [x] QA'd all new/changed functionality manually

## fleetd/orbit/Fleet Desktop

- [x] Verified compatibility with the latest released version of Fleet
(see [Must
rule](https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/blob/main/docs/Contributing/workflows/fleetd-development-and-release-strategy.md))
- [x] If the change applies to only one platform, confirmed that
`runtime.GOOS` is used as needed to isolate changes
- [x] Verified that fleetd runs on macOS, Linux and Windows
- [x] Verified auto-update works from the released version of component
to the new version (see [tools/tuf/test](../tools/tuf/test/README.md))


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## Summary by CodeRabbit

## Release Notes

* **Bug Fixes**
* Fixed Fleet Desktop startup to correctly detect and use the active GUI
session on Linux systems.
* Improved GUI user detection for dialog prompts, ensuring system
dialogs run in the proper user context.

* **Improvements**
* Enhanced error reporting and logging clarity for GUI session detection
failures.

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Lucas Manuel Rodriguez
2026-02-16 11:41:16 -03:00
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package execuser
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