It’s possible to do, don’t get me wrong. For example, QEMU[0] does hardware virtualization. Having said that, performance is not the same. On the other hand,

It’s possible to do, don’t get me wrong. For example, QEMU[0] does hardware virtualization. Having said that, performance is not the same. On the other hand, there are builds of Linux that are ARM. Windows also has ARM builds[1] and they also have a translation layer to run x86 applications[2]. This is done in software, so there’s a performance hit[3]. [0]: https://www.qemu.org/ https://www.qemu.org/ [1]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/arm/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/arm/ [2]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/porting/apps-on-arm-x86-emulation https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/porting/apps-on... [3]: https://www.techspot.com/review/1599-windows-on-arm-performance/page2.html https://www.techspot.com/review/1599-windows-on-arm-performa... (Other parts are good if you’re looking to get an overview of how it works and limitations).