Enthusiast Alfonso Torres (Alfonso Torres), known under the pseudonym We1etu1n, on Reddit, a photo of a Nintendo Switch running Windows XP. The operating system, which is already 18 years old, took 6 hours to install, but Pinball 3D managed to run at full speed.
It is reported that the L4T Ubuntu operating system and the QEMU virtual machine were used for work, which allows emulating various processor architectures. According to Torres, Ubuntu's L4T recognizes the Nintendo Switch dock as a USB-C hub, allowing a USB keyboard, mouse, and monitor to be connected to the console. At the same time, the power of the device is enough for everyday tasks. Because the enthusiast used it as a home computer for a while.
Note that the L4T Ubuntu OS is based on the developments of the NVIDIA Linux project for the Tegra processor. And the use of Windows XP is already a rule of good form in the enthusiast community. It's like trying to run Doom on devices that aren't designed for it, from an oscilloscope to a car's on-board computer.
Torres clarified that the QEMU virtual machine emulates a single-core 32-bit x86 processor at 1 GHz, which is enough for work. In fact, the only drawback is the lack of sound, most likely the matter is in the drivers.
Recall that earlier another developer and Xbox fan managed to emulator of the original Microsoft console on the Nintendo Switch. He has featured in Halo: Combat Evolved and Jet Set Radio Future. And before that, they already put on the console ,RetroArch, and Android.