Why? The tax is that using Windows means you have to use a VM, not that VMs are ...

robocat · on April 1, 2019

Well, I use an Ubuntu host on a Dell XPS (since it just works without extra configuration).

But I also use an Ubuntu guest VM for development so that I can shove the guest onto a different machine easily (yeah, I know I should use continuous integration, but I haven't yet).

Using a VM definitely has a big performance cost... Even though I value the benefits I accept the costs.

ubercow13 · on April 1, 2019

You might be able to use containers on Linux to achieve the same thing without the performance cost

robocat · on April 1, 2019

Very likely.

But I know that in X years time I can move a copy of my development VM to run as a guest on any OS I might happen to use.

I haven't yet spent any time learning how to use containers, or what their compromises are, so for the moment I am still ignorant of that solution.