diff --git a/packages/backend/src/utils/podman.spec.ts b/packages/backend/src/utils/podman.spec.ts
index a47bc4419..66bc9a012 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/utils/podman.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/utils/podman.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  ***********************************************************************/
 
-import { beforeEach, expect, test, describe, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { beforeEach, expect, test, describe, vi, afterEach } from 'vitest';
 import * as podmanDesktopApi from '@podman-desktop/api';
 import * as utils from '../utils/podman';
 import type { ContainerEngineInfo } from '@podman-desktop/api';
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ vi.mock('@podman-desktop/api', () => {
   return {
     env: {
       isWindows: false,
+      isLinux: false,
     },
     configuration: {
       getConfiguration: () => config,
@@ -330,6 +331,21 @@ describe('checkContainerConnectionStatusAndResources', () => {
     engineName: 'enginerName',
     engineType: 'podman',
   };
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.mocked(podmanDesktopApi.env).isLinux = false;
+  });
+  test('return native on Linux', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(podmanDesktopApi.env).isLinux = true;
+    vi.spyOn(utils, 'getFirstRunningPodmanConnection').mockReturnValue(undefined);
+    const result = await utils.checkContainerConnectionStatusAndResources({
+      memoryNeeded: 10,
+      context: 'inference',
+    });
+    expect(result).toStrictEqual({
+      status: 'native',
+      canRedirect: true,
+    });
+  });
   test('return noMachineInfo if there is no running podman connection', async () => {
     vi.spyOn(utils, 'getFirstRunningPodmanConnection').mockReturnValue(undefined);
     const result = await utils.checkContainerConnectionStatusAndResources({
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/utils/podman.ts b/packages/backend/src/utils/podman.ts
index 0ae61d46d..056abfb16 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/utils/podman.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/utils/podman.ts
@@ -138,6 +138,16 @@ export async function isQEMUMachine(): Promise<boolean> {
 export async function checkContainerConnectionStatusAndResources(
   modelInfo: ModelCheckerInfo,
 ): Promise<ContainerConnectionInfo> {
+  // starting from podman desktop 1.10 we have the navigate functions
+  const hasNavigateFunction = !!navigation.navigateToResources;
+
+  if (env.isLinux) {
+    return {
+      status: 'native',
+      canRedirect: hasNavigateFunction,
+    };
+  }
+
   let connection: ProviderContainerConnection | undefined = undefined;
   try {
     connection = getFirstRunningPodmanConnection();
@@ -145,9 +155,6 @@ export async function checkContainerConnectionStatusAndResources(
     console.log(String(e));
   }
 
-  // starting from podman desktop 1.10 we have the navigate functions
-  const hasNavigateFunction = !!navigation.navigateToResources;
-
   if (!connection) {
     return {
       status: 'no-machine',
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/lib/notification/ContainerConnectionStatusInfo.svelte b/packages/frontend/src/lib/notification/ContainerConnectionStatusInfo.svelte
index 654dc3f0d..de95c7397 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/lib/notification/ContainerConnectionStatusInfo.svelte
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/lib/notification/ContainerConnectionStatusInfo.svelte
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ let actionName: string | undefined = '';
 $: updateTitleDescription(connectionInfo);
 
 function updateTitleDescription(connectionInfo: ContainerConnectionInfo) {
+  if (connectionInfo.status === 'native') {
+    return;
+  }
+
   if (connectionInfo.status === 'no-machine') {
     title = 'No Podman Machine is running';
     description = 'Please start a Podman Machine before proceeding further.';
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/models/IContainerConnectionInfo.ts b/packages/shared/src/models/IContainerConnectionInfo.ts
index 723214d3b..375673734 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/models/IContainerConnectionInfo.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/models/IContainerConnectionInfo.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 export type ContainerConnectionInfo =
   | RunningContainerConnection
   | LowResourcesContainerConnection
-  | NoContainerConnection;
+  | NoContainerConnection
+  | NativeContainerConnection;
 
 export type ContainerConnectionInfoStatus = 'running' | 'no-machine' | 'low-resources';
 
@@ -44,3 +45,8 @@ export interface NoContainerConnection {
   status: 'no-machine';
   canRedirect: boolean;
 }
+
+export interface NativeContainerConnection {
+  status: 'native';
+  canRedirect: boolean;
+}