Using a Read-Only Persistence Capability in Knoppix LiveUSBs

[utu]

The trouble is with the GIO implementation, I think - KDE's version, KIO, does much of the same, but AFAIK without creating such problems.

I think you have got it right, but I can only guess that a kde approach
must have some downside like requiring more infrastructure to be brought in
to enable fuse that outweighs the known gnome .gvfs annoyance.
See: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=92957