That's beyond me and you're probably at least partially right about kernel architecture coming in to play.

You might find this interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReactOS

For non-driver stuff if you were going to ask, "what if we just put a layer between the application and kernel and convert all the calls?" That's basically what WINE is.

Edit: This is a bit closer to what you were asking for, but I'd never heard of it before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longene

tl;dr: It's been tried but either died off or isn't fully functional after decades.

That's beyond me and you're probably at least partially write about kernel architecture coming in there. It wouldn't be a Linux anymore.

You might find this interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReactOS

For non-driver stuff if you were going to ask, "what if we just put a layer between the application and kernel and convert all the calls?" That's basically what WINE is.

Edit: This is a bit closer to what you were asking for, but I'd never heard of it before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longene

tl;dr: It's been tried but either died off or isn't fully functional after decades.

That's beyond me and you're probably at least partially write about kernel architecture coming in there. It wouldn't be a Linux anymore.

You might find this interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReactOS

For non-driver stuff if you were going to ask, "what if we just put a layer between the application and kernel and convert all the calls?" That's basically what WINE is.