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Add some Readme updates around machine 

We really should be advertising our Mac and Windows support more
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Signed-off-by: Matthew Heon <mheon@redhat.com>
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# Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods # Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods
Podman (the POD MANager) is a tool for managing containers and images, volumes mounted into those containers, and pods made from groups of containers. Podman (the POD MANager) is a tool for managing containers and images, volumes mounted into those containers, and pods made from groups of containers.
Podman runs containers on Linux, but can also be used on Mac and Windows systems using a Podman-managed virtual machine.
Podman is based on libpod, a library for container lifecycle management that is also contained in this repository. The libpod library provides APIs for managing containers, pods, container images, and volumes. Podman is based on libpod, a library for container lifecycle management that is also contained in this repository. The libpod library provides APIs for managing containers, pods, container images, and volumes.
* [Latest Version: 4.1.0](https://github.com/containers/podman/releases/tag/v4.1.0) * [Latest Version: 4.1.0](https://github.com/containers/podman/releases/tag/v4.1.0)
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* Support for pods, groups of containers that share resources and are managed together. * Support for pods, groups of containers that share resources and are managed together.
* Support for running containers and pods without root or other elevated privileges. * Support for running containers and pods without root or other elevated privileges.
* Resource isolation of containers and pods. * Resource isolation of containers and pods.
* Support for a Docker-compatible CLI interface. * Support for a Docker-compatible CLI interface, which can both run containers locally and on remote systems.
* No manager daemon, for improved security and lower resource utilization at idle. * No manager daemon, for improved security and lower resource utilization at idle.
* Support for a REST API providing both a Docker-compatible interface and an improved interface exposing advanced Podman functionality. * Support for a REST API providing both a Docker-compatible interface and an improved interface exposing advanced Podman functionality.
* Support for running on Windows and Mac via virtual machines run by `podman machine`.
Podman presently only supports running containers on Linux. However, we are building a remote client which can run on Windows and macOS and manage Podman containers on a Linux system via the REST API using SSH tunneling.
## Roadmap ## Roadmap
1. Further improvements to the REST API, with a focus on bugfixes and implementing missing functionality 1. A fully-featured GUI frontend for `podman machine`
1. Improvements on rootless containers, with a focus on improving the user experience and exposing presently-unavailable features when possible 1. Further improvements to `podman generate kube` and `podman play kube`
1. Improvements to Pods, including the addition of pod-level resource limits 1. Improvements to Pods, including the addition of pod-level resource limits
## Communications ## Communications
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Tutorials on using Podman. Tutorials on using Podman.
**[Remote Client](https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/docs/tutorials/remote_client.md)** **[Remote Client](https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/docs/tutorials/remote_client.md)**
A brief how-to on using the Podman remote-client. A brief how-to on using the Podman remote client.
**[Basic Setup and Use of Podman in a Rootless environment](https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/docs/tutorials/rootless_tutorial.md)** **[Basic Setup and Use of Podman in a Rootless environment](https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/docs/tutorials/rootless_tutorial.md)**
A tutorial showing the setup and configuration necessary to run Rootless Podman. A tutorial showing the setup and configuration necessary to run Rootless Podman.