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>>RafelM+(OP)
I’m using this as a daily driver.

It’s usable and the security benefits are definitely important when working with multiple security domains (separate clients each with their own confidential data and third-party dependencies, where you don’t want one client’s malicious NPM dependency affecting the other).

However, there are cons. It’s only really usable in a stationary environment; it completely kills battery life and even basic tasks such as (non-HD) video display maxes out a single CPU core so it’s just not worth trying on a laptop. Hibernation doesn’t seem to be supported by default which becomes risky when combined with the extreme power usage.

>>Nextgr+Gm
I use it on my Librem-15 v3. I can confirm that it's a PITA as far as performance. One "nice" thing is that if a process makes your VM unresponsive, it's just about always contained to that VM. You can kill it and restart it and not interrupt anything else.

The other problem is memory. I have to decide to between Signal Desktop and development sometimes.

But it's my main machine for what I care. I love the peace of mind running random things if the need comes up. For more intensive stuff, media games etc, I have a previous machine running Ubuntu.