docs: steam-machine-iso: run Calamares in its own Konsole tab; watch for the live keyboard layout switching away from US

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@@ -224,3 +224,15 @@ power-off.
failed instance's window is still open just prints "Calamares is already failed instance's window is still open just prints "Calamares is already
running.": close that window first (its Cancel/Afbreken button, then running.": close that window first (its Cancel/Afbreken button, then
confirm the "really cancel?" dialog). confirm the "really cancel?" dialog).
- Run `pkexec-wrapper calamares -D6` in its **own Konsole tab**: it stays
in the foreground and blocks that tab's shell. Typing into the same
tab afterwards just echoes the text inertly into Calamares' stdin
(no error, nothing runs). Open "New Tab" in Konsole for commands.
- Calamares' Welcome page applies its keyboard layout to the live session
immediately (a live typing preview). If it's not US (e.g. Dutch after
picking Nederlands), `qmptype.py`'s US-layout key map silently sends
the wrong characters afterwards: `/` becomes `-`, `(`/`)` get garbled,
with no "no key for" error. `setxkbmap us` does nothing on Wayland.
Probe with a symbol-free command (`echo test123`) after any
language/keyboard step, and fix the layout from the live session's own
settings before typing paths or shell syntax again.