Eh, VMs are heavy and my usual assumption when people are switching to Linux is that they’re on anemic hardware that wasn’t designed for virtualization; that’s also where my preference for XFCE comes from
I don’t think the hardware is an issue; If it can run Windows it can dodge a ball run a few VMs. The average consumer grade laptop pooped out in the last decade can easily handle Mint (or Zorin, MX, etc) with one or two VMs running at a time if it’s just to explore different distros or DEs. Even Qubes can run on something from that era.
Eh, VMs are heavy and my usual assumption when people are switching to Linux is that they’re on anemic hardware that wasn’t designed for virtualization; that’s also where my preference for XFCE comes from
I don’t think the hardware is an issue; If it can run Windows it can
dodge a ballrun a few VMs. The average consumer grade laptop pooped out in the last decade can easily handle Mint (or Zorin, MX, etc) with one or two VMs running at a time if it’s just to explore different distros or DEs. Even Qubes can run on something from that era.