A box on its own
The simplest LosOS, and what every box is right after the first run: one machine on one local network, reachable from the computers and phones on that network and from nowhere else.
What you get
- LosOS cloud and LosOS Git at the box's address, for everyone on the network who has an account.
- The admin pages, unlocked with the owner's password.
- Nightly self-repair and self-update, an encrypted disk, the hardening baseline.
- The handbook you are reading, at
/handbook/.
What you do not get
- No access from outside. Nothing is published; no port is opened on your router. To reach your files from a café you would need the LosOS edge or a VPN of your own into the home network.
- No mesh. The box has nobody to lend disk or CPU to, and the Mesh pane's switches stay off. Network-dependent storage sharing is refused when no edge is reachable, so the switch cannot be turned on by mistake.
- No market.
When this is the right type
Most homes. A box on its own has the smallest surface: the only way in is a browser on your LAN. Updates still arrive, because the box fetches them itself; nothing about the update path needs an edge.
Settings that matter
| Pane | Setting | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Network | Name | losos until you set one in the wizard |
| Network | Encrypt the connection | on; the certificate is the box's own |
| Network | Reachable from outside | off (this is what makes it a box on its own) |
| Apps | LosOS Git | on |
| Hardware | Graphics | off unless the box has a GPU you want pods to use |
| Security | the four extra protections | off; each one costs something |
Changing Reachable from outside to on, with an edge to talk to, turns the box into the next type. Nothing is reinstalled.