docs(env): stop teaching the compositor pin + uid-1000 anchors in starters
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Field triage (Nobara, Discord): the kde.md starter host.env told desktop
users to set PUNKTFUNK_COMPOSITOR=kwin, which PINS the backend — detect()
short-circuits and the capture-loss rebuild never re-detects — so a
mid-stream switch to Game Mode killed the stream instead of following it.
A follow-up hardcoded XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000 anchor broke PipeWire
for any non-1000 uid (pw audio connect: Creation failed).

Revamp across every starter/example/reference:
- Desktop starters (kde/gnome/hyprland/sway) shrink to
  PUNKTFUNK_VIDEO_SOURCE=virtual + an explicit warning that pinning
  disables session-following; forcing a backend is CI/appliance-only.
- host.env.example: rewritten around auto-detection; anchors demoted to a
  commented ssh/cron-only block with the uid trap spelled out; the
  gamescope ATTACH/MANAGED knobs documented (previously missing);
  case-sensitivity called out.
- packaging/bazzite/host.env + README: drop the uid-1000 anchors (a
  systemctl --user service inherits/derives them); README's stale
  PUNKTFUNK_COMPOSITOR=gamescope-era template synced to the real one.
- packaging/kde/host.env: loud APPLIANCE-ONLY header (it pins on purpose).
- configuration.md: session-anchors section inverted to "leave unset",
  compositor row states the pin consequence, case-sensitivity note.
- troubleshooting.md: new "session fails right after editing host.env"
  section (case, wrong-uid anchors, stale pin, restart-to-apply).
- gamescope.md/bazzite.md: attach/managed descriptions match current
  behavior (managed is the infra-detected default; attach re-modes a
  box-owned session to the client's resolution).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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## host.env
A KDE starter `~/.config/punktfunk/host.env`:
The host auto-detects your KWin session on every connect — including a box that switches between
the Plasma desktop and Steam Game Mode — so the starter `~/.config/punktfunk/host.env` is one line:
```ini
WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE
PUNKTFUNK_COMPOSITOR=kwin
# ~/.config/punktfunk/host.env (keys are case-sensitive)
PUNKTFUNK_VIDEO_SOURCE=virtual
# GPU zero-copy (dmabuf → CUDA → NVENC) is ON by default; auto-falls back to CPU. Set =0 to force CPU.
PUNKTFUNK_INPUT_BACKEND=libei
```
The host auto-detects the running compositor on every connect, so most of this is optional — the
values above are just what it resolves to on a KWin session. See the
[Configuration reference](/docs/configuration) for every option.
> **Don't set `PUNKTFUNK_COMPOSITOR`, `WAYLAND_DISPLAY`, or `XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP` here.** Pinning
> the compositor turns auto-detection **off** — per connect *and* mid-stream — so a switch to Game
> Mode then kills the stream instead of being followed, and stale session values point the host at
> dead sockets. Forcing a backend is for CI and dedicated appliances (the
> [headless session](#headless-session) below ships a `host.env.kde` that pins on purpose).
If the box switches between the desktop and Game Mode, also enable lingering — the host is a user
service, and without linger the logout moment of a session switch tears it (and PipeWire) down
mid-stream:
```sh
sudo loginctl enable-linger "$USER"
```
See the [Configuration reference](/docs/configuration) for every option.
## Use a Wayland session