docs: Shorter README, with a Steam Machine section

How it works moved to TECHNICAL.md, problems to TROUBLESHOOTING.md.
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# Troubleshooting
See [TECHNICAL.md](TECHNICAL.md) for how each part works.
## Gaming mode shows a black screen or keeps restarting
Press **Ctrl+Alt+F3**, log in with your username and password, and run:
```bash
sudo /usr/lib/steamos/steam-set-session plasma.desktop && sudo systemctl restart display-manager
```
That takes you back to the desktop. Gamescope sessions that fail to start are
restarted right away (`Relogin=true`), which is why it can loop.
## Something is set up wrong
Run the wizard again and press `a` in the menu to re-apply everything that's
on (also useful after a CachyOS update). To undo a part, untick it.
## The LED bar on the Steam Machine stays dark
Restart once more; a freshly installed driver often needs a reboot. The menu
shows per kernel whether the LED driver is built, and whether it's loaded.
Still dark:
```bash
dkms status
ls -l /sys/class/leds/valve-leds*/
sudo dmesg | grep -i valve
cat /var/lib/dkms/leds-valve-dkms/0.1/build/make.log
journalctl --user -b | grep -i led
```
## The Steam Machine still reboots when I shut it down
Check that the pinned kernel is installed and running:
```bash
uname -r # should be 7.1.6-1-cachyos
pacman -Q linux-cachyos linux-cachyos-headers
grep '^IgnorePkg' /etc/pacman.conf # should list both packages
```
Not running it yet? Restart. Not installed? Run the wizard and make sure
**Pin the kernel** under Steam Machine support is ticked. If you have more
kernels installed (e.g. the LTS kernel), pick `linux-cachyos` in the boot menu.
## The kernel pin can't download or verify the kernel
The wizard tries this repo's `kernel-7.1.6-1` release, then the CachyOS
archive and mirror. A file that fails its checksum or CachyOS signature is
deleted, so running the wizard again downloads it once more. Offline? Put
the four files from the
[kernel-7.1.6-1 release](https://github.com/theupriser/steamify-cachyos/releases/tag/kernel-7.1.6-1)
in `/var/cache/steamify/kernel` and run it again.