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**podman machine** *subcommand*
## DESCRIPTION
-`podman machine` is a set of subcommands that manage Podman's virtual machine on macOS.
+`podman machine` is a set of subcommands that manage Podman's virtual machine.
+
+Podman on MacOS and Windows requires a virtual machine. This is because containers are Linux -
+containers do not run on any other OS because containers' core functionality are
+tied to the Linux kernel. Podman machine must be used to manage MacOS and Windows machines,
+but can be optionally used on Linux.
+
+All `podman machine` commands are rootless only.
## SUBCOMMANDS