Release v0.18.0 · lima-vm/lima

Highlights:

wsl2 driver (experimental)
limactl create --plain to create "plain" instances (no mounts, port forwarding, containerd, etc.)
Significant updates on the website (https://lima-vm.io/)

Changes

limactl CLI:
- Move --set, --network, and --video out of experimental (#1852)
- Make --tty to be a global flag (#1864)
- Add limactl protect <INSTANCE> to prohibit accidental removal (#1873)
- Deprecate limactl show-ssh in favor of ssh -F ... (#1811)
YAML:
- Add "plain" mode (disables mounts, port forwarding, containerd, etc.) (#1840)
WSL2:
- Add an experimental wsl2 driver (#1721, #1883, etc. Thanks to @pendo324)
user-v2 network:
- Support for configurable network addresses (#1626, #1886, thanks to @balajiv113)
- Support for deterministic IP (#1801, thanks to @balajiv113)
nerdctl:
- Update from v1.5.0 to v1.6.0
  →v1.6.1
  →v1.6.2 (#1820, #1911, #1912)
Templates:
- Alpine: update to alpine-lima v0.2.32 (#1869)
- Arch Linux: update to 20231001.182377 (#1911)
- CentOS Stream 8: update to 20231009.1 (#1911)
- CentOS Stream 9: update to 20231009.1 (#1911)
- Debian 11: update to 20231004-1523 (#1911)
- Debian 12: update to 20231004-1523 (#1911)
- Ubuntu 22.04: update to release-20231010 (#1911)
- Ubuntu 23.04: update to 23.10 (#1911)
- Add template://experimental/vnc with Xorg (#1901, thanks to @afbjorklund)
Makefile:
- Add make menuconfig (#1790, thanks to @afbjorklund)
Web site:
- https://lima-vm.io/ is now significantly updated (#1754, etc., thanks to @balajiv113)

[macOS]$ limactl create
[macOS]$ limactl start
...
INFO[0029] READY. Run `lima` to open the shell.

[macOS]$ lima uname
Linux

The binaries were built automatically on GitHub Actions.
The build log is available for 90 days: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/actions/runs/6505177944

The sha256sum of the SHA256SUMS file itself is 17404ec5525140772889134715239de966cd507b7d96a733f49bca40ee54e4ce .