Opinions - Running darktable for Linux using VMware Workstation or Remotely via X Server

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I am starting to integrate darktable into my primary raw editing workflow, which is currently performed using Windows 10. My other Windows-based software includes several programs from Topaz and Serif Affinity products, so I am not likely to move to a Linux-based workflow.

From my use of darktable on both Pop!_OS Linux and Windows 10, I prefer the Linux build and am wondering if there are any known issues that I might run into if I use darktable through a Linux VMware Workstation guest running on a Windows 10 host. I use VMware Workstation Pro version 16, which has support for DirectX 11 and 3D graphics. As an alternative, I assume I could run darktable on a dedicated Linux system and use an X server software to display it on my Windows 10 system. Do you think either of these approaches are practical, or should I just stick with the native Windows version?

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Better to have as little abstraction as possible. Whatever you do, make sure the colour management (and related matters) is working properly.

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I’d guess that color management on vmware is bad-to-non-existant. I’d guess the same for an xserver on windows.

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My understanding is that a VMware Workstation guest can be calibrated using a USB device such as a Color Munki. I am not sure how color management is handled with an X server.