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"Noisy" notifications for all messages on Linux desktop app

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A-Electron A-Notifications O-Occasional S-Minor T-Defect X-Needs-Info
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Description

### Steps to reproduce

I recently switched from Windows 10 to Linux Mint, and while the default behavior on Windows was to only have an audible—or "noisy" as the settings call it—notification when my name is mentioned or as a reply to a comment I made, on Linux the default behavior is to have an audible notification for **all** messages.

It seems to only be the case in Favorited rooms, but I can't be certain of this.

There is an option in each room's individual settings: "@mentions and keywords", but frankly to do that with *every* channel would be unnecessarily tedious, I feel. So, I have it set to Default, or, rather, I never took it off Default.

![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/28807aed-dbf0-441b-9f52-1db5832c3428)

That being said, there doesn't seem to be an option for this in the app-wide settings.

![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1683f6fb-9a37-40f1-b8d4-1dc0c8b37883)

![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/baefe3a5-b640-4481-817c-11e567a1e6bd)

### Outcome

#### What did you expect?

That the Linux version of Element desktop has the same default behavior as the Windows default behavior, that being only making an audible—or "noisy"—notification for @mentions and keywords.

#### What happened instead?

For at least Favorited rooms, every message is given an audible notification.

### Operating system

Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon

### Application version

1.11.90

### How did you install the app?

From https://element.io/download#linux

### Homeserver

matrix.org

### Will you send logs?

Yes

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