steam and syncthing fixes for desktop

hosts/nate-work/default.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-{ config, lib, inputs, pkgs, timeZone, ... }:
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  inputs,
+  pkgs,
+  timeZone,
+  ...
+}:
 let
   deskCfg = config.deskCfg;
   unstable = import inputs.nixpkgs-unstable {
@@ -74,7 +81,14 @@ in
   services.clamav.scanner.enable = true;
 
   # Extra groups
-  main_user.extraGroups = [ "dialout" "docker" "i2c" "lp" "scanner" "syncthing" ];
+  main_user.extraGroups = [
+    "dialout"
+    "docker"
+    "i2c"
+    "lp"
+    "scanner"
+    "syncthing"
+  ];
 
   # Sway WM (legacy, disabled)
   swaywm = {
@@ -156,7 +170,9 @@ in
   ];
 
   # NFS support in initrd
-  boot.initrd.supportedFilesystems = { nfs = true; };
+  boot.initrd.supportedFilesystems = {
+    nfs = true;
+  };
 
   # Libvirtd / QEMU
   virtualisation = {

hosts/nate-work/linked-dotfiles/niri/config.kdl

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ spawn-at-startup "flatpak" "run" "org.signal.Signal"
 spawn-at-startup "flatpak" "run" "com.slack.Slack"
 spawn-at-startup "firefox"
 // shell startup
-spawn-sh-at-startup "kanshi"
 spawn-sh-at-startup "sleep 5 && syncthingtray --wait"
 
 // screenshot-path null // save screenshots just to clipboard

hosts/nate/default.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-{ config, lib, inputs, pkgs, timeZone, ... }:
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  inputs,
+  pkgs,
+  timeZone,
+  ...
+}:
 let
   deskCfg = config.deskCfg;
 in
@@ -28,12 +35,15 @@ in
   };
 
   # Stylix — derive color scheme from wallpaper
-  stylix.image = ./wallpaper.png;
+  stylix = {
-  stylix.fonts.sizes = {
+    image = ./bot-wallpaper.jpg;
-    applications = 12;
+    base16Scheme = "${pkgs.base16-schemes}/share/themes/kimber.yaml";
-    desktop = 10;
+    fonts.sizes = {
-    popups = 10;
+      applications = 14;
-    terminal = 11;
+      desktop = 16;
+      popups = 14;
+      terminal = 14;
+    };
   };
 
   # Limit the number of generations to keep
@@ -65,14 +75,21 @@ in
   nix.settings.auto-optimise-store = true;
 
   # Extra groups
-  main_user.extraGroups = [ "dialout" "docker" "scanner" "lp" ];
+  main_user.extraGroups = [
+    "dialout"
+    "docker"
+    "i2c"
+    "lp"
+    "scanner"
+    "syncthing"
+  ];
 
   # Sway WM (legacy, kept for fallback)
   swaywm = {
     enable = deskCfg.de == "sway";
     useNonFree = true;
     installGaming = deskCfg.installGaming;
-    systemPackages = [];
+    systemPackages = [ ];
   };
 
   # Niri WM config
@@ -80,7 +97,8 @@ in
     enable = deskCfg.de == "niri";
     useNonFree = true;
     user = deskCfg.userName;
-    systemPackages = [];
+    installGaming = deskCfg.installGaming;
+    systemPackages = [ ];
   };
 
   # Steam with remote play + gamescope
@@ -112,7 +130,10 @@ in
   # Firewall — allow dev server ports
   networking.firewall = {
     enable = true;
-    allowedTCPPorts = [ 8080 8081 ];
+    allowedTCPPorts = [
+      8080
+      8081
+    ];
   };
 
   # Bluetooth

hosts/nate/linked-dotfiles/niri/config.kdl

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ input {
     
     disable-power-key-handling
     warp-mouse-to-focus mode="center-xy"
-    focus-follows-mouse
+    // focus-follows-mouse
 }
 
 //
@@ -93,9 +93,11 @@ layout {
     }
 
     preset-column-widths {
+        proportion 0.25
         proportion 0.33333
         proportion 0.5
         proportion 0.66667
+        proportion 0.75
     }
 
     default-column-width {
@@ -329,23 +331,19 @@ binds {
     Mod+Shift+Page_Down { move-workspace-down; }
     Mod+Shift+Page_Up   { move-workspace-up; }
 
-    Mod+Minus { focus-workspace "scratch"; }
     Mod+1 { focus-workspace "term"; }
     Mod+2 { focus-workspace "net"; }
     Mod+3 { focus-workspace "chat"; }
-    // Mod+3 { focus-workspace 3; }
+    Mod+4 { focus-workspace "scratch"; }
-    // Mod+4 { focus-workspace 4; }
     Mod+5 { focus-workspace 5; }
     Mod+6 { focus-workspace 6; }
     Mod+7 { focus-workspace 7; }
     Mod+8 { focus-workspace 8; }
     Mod+9 { focus-workspace 9; }
-    Mod+Shift+Minus { move-column-to-workspace "scratch"; }
     Mod+Shift+1 { move-column-to-workspace "term"; }
     Mod+Shift+2 { move-column-to-workspace "net"; }
     Mod+Shift+3 { move-column-to-workspace "chat"; }
-    // Mod+Shift+3 { move-column-to-workspace 3; }
+    Mod+Shift+4 { move-column-to-workspace "scratch"; }
-    // Mod+Shift+4 { move-column-to-workspace 4; }
     Mod+Shift+5 { move-column-to-workspace 5; }
     Mod+Shift+6 { move-column-to-workspace 6; }
     Mod+Shift+7 { move-column-to-workspace 7; }

shared/modules/home-manager/noctalia.nix

@@ -29,7 +29,18 @@ in
       package = inputs.noctalia.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.default.override {
         calendarSupport = true;
       };
-      settings = cfg.settings;
+      # Defaults merged with per-host settings; per-host wins on conflict.
+      settings = lib.recursiveUpdate {
+        # Detach launched apps into a new session so they don't inherit
+        # noctalia's controlling tty / process group. Fixes Steam silently
+        # failing to launch via the launcher on NixOS while staying light
+        # enough not to interfere with Proton/pressure-vessel child processes
+        # (unlike `systemd-run --user --scope`, which broke Overwatch).
+        appLauncher = {
+          customLaunchPrefixEnabled = true;
+          customLaunchPrefix = "setsid --fork";
+        };
+      } cfg.settings;
     };
 
     # Disable conflicting services that Noctalia replaces