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Describe the different major modes of Lima operation #3749

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Some users that are new to Lima, are surprised that it mirrors the host user and mounts the home directory.

Explain the "machine" way-of-working, like in Docker Machine and Podman Machine, that Lima (Linux Machine) implements.

  • It copies the $USER and uid from the host
  • It mounts the $HOME directory in the guest
  • It forwards published ports over to localhost
  • It starts a container engine (possibly on-demand)

Also mention that there is also a plain mode, where those features are disabled and it is more of a "dumb" VM.

Users that are coming from a Vagrant background, have some different expectations on what Lima should do.

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