If you use Linux or Windows on your desktop, you can use QEMU to execute Raspberry Pi software virtually. This might be useful if you don’t have a Pi (or, at least, don’t have it with you).

QEMU emulates a Raspberry Pi so you can do the development on a desktop PC and test in the virtual environment. When you are ready, you can set up a bootable SD card and try your work on a real ...

TrueNAS Scale NAS platform was designed to work on x86-64 computers only, but there's now an unofficial port for 64-bit Arm ...

Fortunately, there's such a thing called "emulation" these days. Using the popular QEMU software, 314creator was able to get Windows 98 up and running in no time.