From d7d81564e3192055c16fb4620022ba4ee8710ea8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eli Ribble <eli@theribbles.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:42:19 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add service to start steam in the background.

I'm actually also starting Steam in big picture mode through the steam
configuration UI on this system, so this may be redundant, but I'm
adding it anyway.
---
 thenix/etc/nixos/configuration.nix | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/thenix/etc/nixos/configuration.nix b/thenix/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
index 517822a..ab8eb39 100644
--- a/thenix/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
+++ b/thenix/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
@@ -109,6 +109,17 @@
   systemd.network.enable = true;
   systemd.network.wait-online.enable = false;
 
+  systemd.user.services.steam = {
+    enable = true;
+    description = "Open Steam in the background at boot";
+    serviceConfig = {
+      ExecStart = "${pkgs.steam}/bin/steam -nochatui -nofriendsui -silent %U";
+      wantedBy = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+      Restart = "on-failure";
+      RestartSec = "5s";
+    };
+  };
+
   # Set your time zone.
   time.timeZone = "America/Phoenix";