feat: add optional background blur via image crate

Gaussian blur applied at texture load time when `background_blur` is set in moonset.toml. Blur runs once, result is shared across monitors.
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 Architectural and design decisions for Moonset, in reverse chronological order.

+## 2026-03-28 – Optional background blur via `image` crate
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+- **Who**: Hekate, Dom
+- **Why**: Blurred wallpaper as background is a common UX pattern for overlay menus
+- **Tradeoffs**: Adds `image` crate dependency (~15 transitive crates); CPU-side Gaussian blur at load time adds startup latency proportional to image size and sigma. Acceptable because blur runs once and the texture is shared across monitors.
+- **How**: `load_background_texture(bg_path, blur_radius)` loads texture, optionally applies `imageops::blur()`, returns `gdk::Texture`. Config option `background_blur: Option<f32>` in TOML.
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 ## 2026-03-28 – Use absolute paths for system binaries

 - **Who**: Hekate, Dom