One of the more interesting things about running locally: once a model is downloaded, the internet is optional.
If you're using Lizard somewhere without a network — a plane, a locked-down site, a lab machine — a few notes worth sharing:
The model needs downloading once, on a connected machine or by copying the file across.
Generation, the chat app and the local API all work with no connection.
Update checks simply fail quietly. Nothing breaks.
If you've set this up in an environment with real restrictions, how did you move the model files across, and did anything get in the way?