yea, i tried to run it on real hardware a couple of years ago, and the response from the community was "no one does that, use virtualization." i got the sense

yea, i tried to run it on real hardware a couple of years ago, and the response from the community was "no one does that, use virtualization." i got the sense that it was a friendly group. expressing interest, even as someone who just wanted to play around and see what it was all about, was well-received.