Running OrBit in a Win10 VM under Fedora Linux...in case anyone cares

[Ubermick]

Advice would be not to use any form of virtualisation when using Orbit (or any other program that connects / flashes). It’s simply too risky with a virtual adapter.

I ended up building a long network cable to run to my office after all. The software worked fine reading codes and such, but would time out when resetting to programming mode. So I ended up hooking it to my one Windows machine in my office and it worked perfectly - programmed just fine and now I have the full beauty of the Active Matrix lights on my Polestar 2. I'm very happy now. So it was an interesting experiment and I do know I can read and clear codes, just not program. However to be safe, probably best to follow x119's advice. :-)