After discussing testing with @Lancelot I said “Oh, the problem with Oracle Virtual Machine is that it’s slow to get started. I’ve been using it for years and I guess it works, though.”
Which led me to thinking … is there something better out there?
Indeed there is. WSL for Windows 10 worked great.
Tests run a lot faster on it and it’s easier to set up esxpecially if I need to move to a new computer. It obviously doesn’t imitate the full Ubuntu functionality, but I don’t need the graphics, just a dump of the text to make sure it works.
So anyone who uses Zarf’s regtest and windows, I really recommend this. I’d be happy to write up more how-tos and getting started. I admit I still need a batch file to copy over the stuff I make on Windows, but it was such a big jump for me. One of the big pains of getting started testing is, fixing a typo and verifying it works takes too long, and it won’t any more.