💿 Limbo — Portable Generic Profile¶
limbo is a generic, hardware-independent NixOS profile that builds cleanly on standard x86_64
hardware (physical or virtual). It is decoupled from every machine-specific feature of volnix. Its
files live under
nixos/limbo/
(configuration.nix, hardware-configuration.nix); the user is inlimbo.
volnix vs limbo¶
volnix |
limbo |
|---|---|
| Lanzaboote UEFI Secure Boot | standard systemd-boot |
Impermanence (tmpfs root) |
conventional persistent filesystem |
sops-nix secrets |
declarative initialPassword |
| Hybrid AMD/NVIDIA + CachyOS kernel | generic CPU + open display drivers |
| ASUS / hybrid-GPU services | omitted |
It keeps the shared essentials: Hyprland desktop, nix-ld, Docker, Fish, and CPU-friendly Ollama /
Open WebUI.
Install walkthrough¶
Partition labels matter
The configuration mounts by label. Create exactly these:
| Mount | Filesystem | Label |
|---|---|---|
/boot |
vfat (FAT32) |
boot |
/ |
ext4 |
nixos |
# 1. Boot a NixOS live ISO, partition + label as above, then mount:
mount -t ext4 /dev/disk/by-label/nixos /mnt
mkdir -p /mnt/boot
mount -t vfat /dev/disk/by-label/boot /mnt/boot
# 2. Clone the configuration and install the limbo profile
git clone https://github.com/lowcache/volnixos.git /mnt/home/inlimbo/.nix-config
nixos-install --flake /mnt/home/inlimbo/.nix-config#limbo
Initial credentials are root / nixos.
Change passwords on first login
limbo ships declarative initialPassword values for scratch use. Run passwd immediately after
first login, and migrate to hashedPasswordFile/sops if the host becomes long-lived.