uname
$ uname -a
Darwin macbook.local 20.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 20.4.0: Thu Apr 22 21:46:47 PDT 2021; root:xnu-7195.101.2~1/RELEASE X86 64 x86 64
$ lima uname -a
Linux lima-default 5.11.0-16-generic #17-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 14 20:12:43 UTC 2021 x86 64 x86 64 x86 64 GNU/Linux
$ LIMA INSTANCE=arm lima uname -a
Linux lima-arm 5.11.0-16-generic #17-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 14 20:10:16 UTC 2021 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux
Sharing files across macOS and Linux
$ echo files under /Users on macOS filesystem are readable from Linux > some-file
$ lima cat some-file
files under /Users on macOS filesystem are readable from Linux
$ lima sh -c echo /tmp/lima is writable from both macOS and Linux > /tmp/lima/another-file