Virtualisation and so on doesn't help if you're wanting to do electronics, connect sensors, solder things – and you don't want to worry about destroying your ex

Virtualisation and so on doesn't help if you're wanting to do electronics, connect sensors, solder things – and you don't want to worry about destroying your expensive computer. I've never actually bricked a Pi, but I've been quite happy when hacking things together not to have to worry about damaging something expensive in the process.