Surely a better solution in this case would be to run linux inside a VM? I ran this way for a couple of years on a black macbook, and it has a few advantages,

Surely a better solution in this case would be to run linux inside a VM? I ran this way for a couple of years on a black macbook, and it has a few advantages, such as the VM just suspending rather than rebooting if for some reason the host OS reboots, eg to install updates. Now, there's docker et al too. Personally I've always found setting up any complex dual boot configuration fraught. And linux makes some things quite complex to configure (eg sound), requiring you to look online for solutions. Unfortunately those are often in the form of rambling and often outdated forum topics, or "educational" blog posts that start with "First, an introduction to computer sound hardware ...", when all you want is the cli command to change volume.