Currently, I've had the best experience (programs work and do what they're supposed to) with Android-x86, but it's generally a few versions out of date and running a whole qemu instance is heavyweight.
I thought (maybe incorrectly) it was "super bleeding edge", depending on changing and bloating so many aspects of my existing setup as to make the setup useless to me for existing tasks. For instance, I don't have (and don't want) GNOME installed, or any sort of desktop environment, or wayland -- I'd probably have to relearn how to accomplish the tasks I ordinarily do, and it's not worth the cost.
Still, perhaps I should try making a VM. :)