Before:
➜ ~ systemctl --user cat thelounge.service
# /usr/lib/systemd/user/thelounge.service
[Unit]
Description=The Lounge IRC client
[Service]
Type=simple
Environment=THELOUNGE_HOME=~/.thelounge
ExecStart=/usr/bin/thelounge start
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
After:
➜ ~ systemctl --user cat thelounge.service
# /usr/lib/systemd/user/thelounge.service
[Unit]
Description=The Lounge IRC client
[Service]
Type=simple
Environment=THELOUNGE_HOME=~/.config/thelounge
ExecStart=/usr/bin/thelounge start
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
➜ ~ systemctl --user status thelounge.service
● thelounge.service - The Lounge IRC client
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/thelounge.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2025-08-21 20:54:26 CST; 5min ago
Invocation: 32e98a7e158543e2bdea3868a558b0f0
Main PID: 63570 (MainThread)
Tasks: 11 (limit: 8951)
Memory: 44.1M (peak: 64M)
CPU: 1.869s
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/[email protected]/app.slice/thelounge.service
└─63570 node /usr/bin/thelounge start
Aug 21 20:54:26 vostro systemd[672]: Started The Lounge IRC client.
Aug 21 20:54:26 vostro thelounge[63570]: 2025-08-21 12:54:26 [INFO] Configuration file created at /home/luc/.config/thelounge/config.js.
Aug 21 20:54:27 vostro thelounge[63570]: 2025-08-21 12:54:27 [INFO] The Lounge v4.4.3 (Node.js 24.6.0 on linux x64)
Aug 21 20:54:27 vostro thelounge[63570]: 2025-08-21 12:54:27 [INFO] Configuration file: /home/luc/.config/thelounge/config.js
Aug 21 20:54:27 vostro thelounge[63570]: 2025-08-21 12:54:27 [INFO] Available at http://[::]:9000/ in private mode
Aug 21 20:54:27 vostro thelounge[63570]: 2025-08-21 12:54:27 [INFO] New VAPID key pair has been generated for use with push subscription.
Aug 21 20:54:27 vostro thelounge[63570]: 2025-08-21 12:54:27 [INFO] User luc loaded