Bake GeForce NOW native Linux app (beta) via first-boot installer

NVIDIA's client ships from their own flatpak repo (com.nvidia.geforcenow),
which default-flatpaks can't add alongside Flathub — so a stamped oneshot
service installs it on first boot with retries. Docs note the BC-250 has
no hardware video decode: streams are CPU-decoded, keep to 1080p.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

OPERATIONS.md

@@ -74,3 +74,7 @@ high clocks. Change one thing at a time and re-check `sensors`.
   `bc250-remote-setup` hasn't been run yet.
 - Steam misbehaves after an update → try ProtonUp-Qt (installed) to switch
   the game to Proton-GE.
+- GeForce NOW (beta) installs itself on first boot with internet. The BC-250
+  has no hardware video decode, so the stream decodes on the CPU: keep it at
+  1080p (higher settings will stutter and run hot). If it's missing, check
+  `systemctl status bc250-gfn-install` — it retries on the next boot.

README.md

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ over-the-air from this Gitea's container registry.
 | Console behavior | All suspend paths masked, no screen lock/dim, GNOME animations off — always on, always reachable |
 | Kid experience | Steam Big Picture autostarts for the `kid` account only |
 | Apps | First-boot flatpaks: ProtonUp-Qt, Heroic, RetroDECK (Steam, Firefox, auto-updates already in the Bazzite base) |
+| Cloud gaming | GeForce NOW native Linux app (beta) auto-installed on first boot from NVIDIA's flatpak repo — note the BC-250 has no hardware video decode, so streams decode on CPU; keep to 1080p |
 | Fixes | `hhd.service` masked (crash-loops on BC-250) |
 | Docs | Parent manual baked at `/usr/share/doc/bc250-console/OPERATIONS.md` |
 

files/console/usr/bin/bc250-gfn-install

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# First-boot installer for the GeForce NOW native Linux app (beta).
+# GFN ships from NVIDIA's own flatpak repo, not Flathub, so the
+# default-flatpaks module can't handle it. Retries while the network
+# settles; stamps /var/lib/bc250/.gfn-installed on success so the
+# service never runs again.
+
+STAMP_DIR="/var/lib/bc250"
+STAMP="$STAMP_DIR/.gfn-installed"
+REPO_URL="https://international.download.nvidia.com/GFNLinux/flatpak/geforcenow.flatpakrepo"
+
+[ -f "$STAMP" ] && exit 0
+
+for attempt in $(seq 1 30); do
+    if flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists --system GeForceNOW "$REPO_URL" \
+       && flatpak install --system --noninteractive -y GeForceNOW com.nvidia.geforcenow; then
+        mkdir -p "$STAMP_DIR"
+        touch "$STAMP"
+        echo "GeForce NOW installed."
+        exit 0
+    fi
+    echo "GeForce NOW install attempt $attempt failed; retrying in 60s..."
+    sleep 60
+done
+
+echo "GeForce NOW install failed after 30 attempts; will retry next boot." >&2
+exit 1

files/console/usr/lib/systemd/system/bc250-gfn-install.service

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Install GeForce NOW flatpak (NVIDIA repo, first boot)
+Wants=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target flatpak-add-fedora-repos.service
+ConditionPathExists=!/var/lib/bc250/.gfn-installed
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/bc250-gfn-install
+TimeoutStartSec=45min
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target

files/console/usr/share/doc/bc250-console/OPERATIONS.md

@@ -74,3 +74,7 @@ high clocks. Change one thing at a time and re-check `sensors`.
   `bc250-remote-setup` hasn't been run yet.
 - Steam misbehaves after an update → try ProtonUp-Qt (installed) to switch
   the game to Proton-GE.
+- GeForce NOW (beta) installs itself on first boot with internet. The BC-250
+  has no hardware video decode, so the stream decodes on the CPU: keep it at
+  1080p (higher settings will stutter and run hot). If it's missing, check
+  `systemctl status bc250-gfn-install` — it retries on the next boot.

recipes/bc250-console-gnome.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ modules:
 
   - type: script
     snippets:
-      - chmod 0755 /usr/bin/bc250-remote-setup /usr/bin/bc250-steam-bpm-autostart
+      - chmod 0755 /usr/bin/bc250-remote-setup /usr/bin/bc250-steam-bpm-autostart /usr/bin/bc250-gfn-install
       - dconf update # compile the local.d/gdm.d console defaults into the dconf dbs
 
   - type: default-flatpaks@v1
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ modules:
         - cyan-skillfish-governor-smu.service
         - sshd.service
         - tailscaled.service # idle until 'sudo tailscale up'
+        - bc250-gfn-install.service # GeForce NOW beta from NVIDIA's flatpak repo (first boot)
       masked:
         - hhd.service # Handheld Daemon crash-loops on BC-250
         # Always-on console: hard-block every suspend path (the box must