> Linux, in hardware virtualization on the M1, is fast. Like, vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly fast. Absolutely useful for anything that “needs Linux” on a M1, and very likely the fastest Linux machine you can get right now for single threaded work.

Author seems to be basing this from their results of https://browserbench.org/Speedometer2.0/ :

* M1 - Chrome on macOS: 127

* M1 - Chrome on Linux via QEMU: 160

I just ran the benchmark on my framework laptop (2021 version - 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1185G7)

* Framework - Chrome on Windows 11: 138

* Framework - Chrome on Linux (manjaro): 160