It is on a Debian 9 Linux VM, the hardware running it is capable of supporting the game, and the OS the VM is accessed through is completely irrelevant, and most likely does not impact the running of the game.
I am running Java Edition Minecraft on the Linux VM on my Chromebook, not MCPE.
Processor | Up to Intel^®^ Celeron^®^ N4000
Memory | Up to 8GB LPDDR4
Storage | Up to 64GB eMMC