Had spiraling VM problems when trying to reinstall software to get it working again, and then I couldn't get a new VM spun up. I'm sure I could have with more patience. I understand that ARM is the present and x86 the past and I'm waiting for my convergent Librem 5 to come, but for now I'm tired of fighting. I picked up a cheap used x86 PC and put Ubuntu on it right away. As grateful as I am for virtual machines it feels so good to be running GNU/Linux on bare metal again!