Something needs to run on actual hardware. There are benefits to using the same components both inside and outside of the VM, just as there are benefits to usi

Something needs to run on actual hardware. There are benefits to using the same components both inside and outside of the VM, just as there are benefits to using the same codebase bother on the server side and on the client side. There's less code to maintain, and you don't have to spend time worrying about compatibility. I wouldn't mind the small inefficiency of carrying extra drivers and subsystems inside of my VM if it helps make my stack as a whole more uniform and predictable. We really don't need yet another Linux distribution.