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Since niri is not a complete desktop environment, you will very likely want to run the following software to make sure that other apps work fine.
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### Notification Daemon
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Many apps need one. For example, [mako](https://github.com/emersion/mako) works well. Use [a systemd setup](./Example-systemd-Setup.md) or [`spawn-at-startup`](./Configuration:-Miscellaneous.md#spawn-at-startup).
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### Portals
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These provide a cross-desktop API for apps to use for various things like file pickers or UI settings. Flatpak apps in particular require working portals.
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Portals **require** [running niri as a session](./Getting-Started.md), which means through the `niri-session` script or from a display manager. You will want the following portals installed:
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* `xdg-desktop-portal-gtk`: implements most of the basic functionality, this is the "default fallback portal".
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* `xdg-desktop-portal-gnome`: required for screencasting support.
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* `gnome-keyring`: implements the Secret portal, required for certain apps to work.
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Then systemd should start them on-demand automatically. These particular portals are configured in `niri-portals.conf` which [must be installed](./Getting-Started.md#manual-installation) in the correct location.
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Since we're using `xdg-desktop-portal-gnome`, Flatpak apps will read the GNOME UI settings. For example, to enable the dark style, run:
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dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/interface/color-scheme '"prefer-dark"'
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```
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### Authentication Agent
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Required when apps need to ask for root permissions. Something like `plasma-polkit-agent` works fine. Start it [with systemd](./Example-systemd-Setup.md) or with [`spawn-at-startup`](./Configuration:-Miscellaneous.md#spawn-at-startup).
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Note that to start `plasma-polkit-agent` with systemd on Fedora, you'll need to override its systemd service to add the correct dependency. Run:
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```
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systemctl --user edit --full plasma-polkit-agent.service
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```
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Then add `After=graphical-session.target`.
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### Xwayland
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To run X11 apps like Steam or Discord, you can use [xwayland-satellite].
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Check [the Xwayland wiki page](./Xwayland.md) for instructions.
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[xwayland-satellite]: https://github.com/Supreeeme/xwayland-satellite
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