The internet says that QEMU is more resource efficient when running VMs than VirtualBox. So, lets give it a try.
Tutorial running ubuntu on macOS – QEMU Guide[YouTube]
qemu-img create -f vhdx linux_lite_ai4ce_v1.vhdx 20G
qemu-system-x86_64 \
– boot menu=on \
-machine type=q35,accel=hvf \
-smp 2 \
-hda linux_lite_ai4ce_v1.vhdx \
-cdrom ./linux-lite-6.2-64bit.iso \
-m 8G \
-vga virtio \
-usb \
-device usb-tablet \
-display default,show-cursor=on -cpu host -full-screen
-display sdl, gl=on, show-cursor=on -full-screen