Its fun to see all the dependencies that your computer needs. I did install it on hardware. (Planned to use it as a daily driver and dual boot Bazzite for gaming on the weekends. Got lazy and now sticking with Bazzite).
I think its a fun Saturday/weekend project to boot up a VM and go through the install process to see what's behind the scenes that your "normal" OS does for you.
I vaguely remember a quote about magic that can apply to anything. Someone taking something ordinary, and doing something extra ordinary with it.
A deck of cards isn't magic, but what the person DOES with it can be magical. Same with amusician and a musical instrument , or a writer with a pen and paper.